Sewee Mound (38CH45), also known as the Old Fort, is a historic mound located near Awendaw, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast of Georgia. On average, it measures 149 feet in diameter and stands 10 feet high. The

midden A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, mollusc shells, potsherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofact ...

is largely composed of oyster shell. A smaller midden is located nearby. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Buildings and structures in Charleston County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Charleston County, South Carolina Shell rings {{CharlestonCountySC-NRHP-stub