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Submitted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 30 August 2014  Page Views: 2735

Multi-periodSite Name: Lilbourn Mound Alternative Name: 23NM49
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 35.472 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The Plains Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: New Madrid
Latitude: 36.571944N  Longitude: 89.58825W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in New Madrid County, Missouri

Lilbourn Mound was originally the centre of a palisaded town with smaller mounds and a plaza dating from 1260-1440 CE.

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Lilbourn Mound
Lilbourn Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Archaeological reconstruction of the Lilborn, Missouri mound site & village from the mound encyclopedia. This is at the New Madrid exit on I-55. The site is next to the high school which was built over several mounds. Several of the large mounds have been preserved becau... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lilbourn Mound
Lilbourn Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo credit Gregory L. Little, Ed.D. Lilbourn Mound at New Madrid, Missouri in 1983. It still looks like this except the modern cemetery has many more graves. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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New Madrid Sign (New Madrid, Missouri)
Lilbourn Fortified Village Archeological Site and Mounds Cemetery (Howardville, Missouri)
Old Howardville School Marker (Howardville, Missouri)
Old Howardville School (Howardville, Missouri)
Old Howardville School Marker (Howardville, Missouri)
New Madrid Missouri, New Madrid County MO

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