Most People Don’t Know About This Ancient Sacred Park In South Carolina And It’s A Shame
By Robin Jarvis|Published May 14, 2019
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Robin Jarvis began writing for OnlyInYourState.com in 2015 and quickly advanced to a Senior Editor role. She's currently the Brand Manager and has a Bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in Journalism with a minor in Marketing. Her career history includes long running appearances on radio and television. She also has served as publisher of Shades of Green Magazine and Design Lead on several print publications. Her love for travel has taken her to many parts of the world. She's lived in the Carolinas for more than three decades and currently resides in Charleston, SC. When she's not working, she loves playing guitar, painting, traveling, and spending time with family.
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South Carolina is not only a destination, but also a pass-through state for those traveling along the east coast. Scores and scores of travelers pass up and down the Interstate 95 corridor each year; all are headed someplace either within the Palmetto State or beyond the borders.
But relatively few people even know about the quaint little park located on the northwest side of the highway at the Lake Marion I-95 crossing.
It is only a stone's throw from the interstate and can be reached in less than mile detour, making it a wonderful stop to stretch your legs and check out the ancient indian mound.
Without excavation, the best guess as to when this ancient mound was built is sometime between 800 and 500 years ago. It was used either as a burial mound or a temple mound — a place that may have been used for ceremonial, religious, and political purposes and on which the chief may have lived.
Together the two concocted a shrewd plan to quietly build a log hewn fort of their own in the nearby woods — only theirs was taller. Their makeshift stacked-wood fort was constructed in a day and the men showered British Fort Watson from high above and completely undetected until the first shot.
You don’t have to be a history buff to feel the presence of the past at this incredible little park with an ancient Santee Indians mound…. but you do have to visit in person. Did you even know it was here? It’s located just off I-95 at exit 102 in the Santee National Wildlife Refuge.
Address: Fort Watson Road, Summerton, SC, 29148
Discover another little-known fact about this area: nearby Santee State Park is riddled with enormous sinkholes! Learn more here.
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