- Fig Island
Infobox_nrhp | name =Fig Island
nrhp_type = nhl
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nearest_city=Rockville, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated=March 29 ,2007 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=724666988&ResourceType=Site
title=Fig Island |accessdate=2008-03-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =October 15 ,1970 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=70000585 Fig Island, also known as 38CH42, is an archaeological site on the southAtlantic Coast ofSouth Carolina . Although it is one of the most complex shell-ring sites in North America, it is definitely not one of the largest.Within Fig Island are three separate shell-rings appropriately named Fig Island 1, Fig Island 2, and Fig Island 3. These three rings spread over as many as 50,000 square metres.
Fig Island 1 is the biggest shell-ring of the three at 157 m long, 111 m wide, and 5.5 m tall. Within this ring lies at least two small structures referred to as "plazas."
Fig Island 2 is appropriately the second largest shell-ring of the three at 77 m in diameter and about 2.5m tall. It is the most circular of the three rings, but is still quite asymmetrical.
The smallest shell-ring on Fig Island is Fig Island 3. It measures at a maximum of 50 m and is connected with 2 by a causeway of shells.
On
March 29 ,2007 , Fig Island was designated aNational Historic Landmark .
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