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TN State Parks: Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park (644 words) |
 | This State Archaeological Park is dedicated to the preservation, protection, study and interpretation to the public of this significant survival of ancient culture. |
 | Old Stone Fort Golf Course is the only 9-hole course in the Tennessee Golf Trail. |
 | Mound sites such as the 50-acre Old Stone Fort provided modified landscapes for ceremonies that may have represented in some way the culture’s concept of their place in the cosmos and a separation of the sacred and mundane or pure and impure. |
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Division of Parks and Recreation--Stone Mountain State Park (142 words) |
 | Stone Mountain is not immediately visible upon entering the park that bears its name, but this magnificent 600-foot granite dome is well worth the wait. |
 | Sunlight and shadows dance across a broad tapestry of stone. |
 | Designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1975, Stone Mountain is bounded on the north by the Blue Ridge Parkway and on the west by the Thurmond Chatham Game Lands. |