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Bay Mounds

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Bay Mounds
Nearest cityBay, Arkansas
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
NRHP reference No.78000582[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1978

The Bay Mounds are an archaeological site near Bay, Arkansas. This collection of temple mounds are the only ones still surviving in Craighead County, the others having been levelled. They have been tentatively dated to 1200-1400 CE, but have not been excavated.[2]

The mounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Summary description of Bay Mounds". Arkansas Preservation. Archived from the original on November 26, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.