Rockwell Mound

Infobox_nrhp | name = Rockwell Mound


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location = Havana, Mason County, Illinois, USA
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lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 49
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 36
long_direction = W
built = 200 C.E.
added = December 10, 1987 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm NRIS Database] , National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 20, 2007.]
governing_body = Havana Park District

Rockwell Mound has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1987. The mound is located somewhere in or around the Illinois River city of Havana in Mason County. Rockwell Mound is one of the site that the Register has denoted as being "address restricted" because of its special sensitivity. Despite this designation by the Register the mound is operated as a park as of 2007. [http://www.museum.state.il.us/ismsites/dickson/archaeology.htm Seven Decades of Archaeology] , Dickson Mounds Museum, Illinois State Museum, Retrieved January 26, 2007.]

History

Rockwell Mound is one of the largest mounds ever built in the Illinois River basin. The earthen mound dates to around 200 C.E. and covers almost two acres. The park that is on the site today is about six miles from another Mississippian site on the Register in Illinois, Dickson Mounds.

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