shell mound
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Anglo settlers took over the land and razed the shell mound to line roadbeds in Berkeley with shells.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024
The 2.2-acre parking lot is the only undeveloped portion of the West Berkeley shell mound, a three-block area Berkeley designated as a landmark in 2000.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024
Later in the season, on this same shell mound, I might have regaled myself with fresh figs.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
They lugged the tent back among the trees to the low shell mound, where in the centre of a ring of pines and evergreen oaks his open-faced shack stood, thatched with palmetto fans.
From Quick Action by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
The next morning R�n� and De Gourges were rowed in one of the ship's boats to the shell mound, where the war-party of Alachuas was encamped.
From The Flamingo Feather by Munroe, Kirk
