The Outlet Mound is an conical burial mound located at the outlet of Lake Monona - now near the junction of Midwood and Ridgewood Avenues in Monona, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

Outlet Mound
Outlet Mound
LocationMonona, Wisconsin
NRHP reference No.03001022
Added to NRHPOctober 9, 2003

History

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The Outlet Mound is the sole surviving mound of what originally was a group of 19 conical, oval, and linear mounds at this site. Sixty feet around and seven feet high, it was the largest of that group.[2] It was constructed as a Native American burial ground. One of the destroyed mounds in the group was radio-carbon dated to 50 BC; this mound is probably from that era.[1] In 1944, it was saved from destruction and donated to the City of Monona.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Birmingham, Robert A.; Leslie E. Eisenberg (2000). Indian Mounds of Wisconsin. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780299168742.
  2. ^ Birmingham, p. 93.
  3. ^ "The Outlet Mound". Historical Marker Database.org. Retrieved February 7, 2012.