Peck Mounds: Ancient Mounds Trail
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kwashnak
N 31° 49.515 W 091° 39.068
15R E 627653 N 3521858
From US 425/LA 15 in Sicily Island, head west on LA 8. Go 0.4 miles to LA 1017/Eleventh Street; turn left. Go 1.6 miles to markers.
Waymark Code: WMANGG
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2011
Views: 3
The Peck Mounds site has 5 mounds built along the bluff above Lake Louie. Only 4 mounds are visible today. The largest is platform shaped and measures 18 feet tall and 165 by 180 feet at the base. The smaller 3 are dome shaped and average only 4 feet tall. The entire complex was occupied around AD 750 - 1100.
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Marker Name: Peck Mounds
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Catahoula
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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