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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Dunleith Mounds Alternative Name: Gramercy Park, Dunleith Mound GroupCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: East Dubuque, IL
Latitude: 42.494380N Longitude: 90.64431W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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The Dunleith Mounds are located atop the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River and across the river from Dubuque, Iowa. Originally investigated by Col. P.W. Norris for the Smithsonian Institution during the latter half of the 19th Century, the mounds are believed to have been built by the Middle Woodland peoples around 2,000 years ago. In the late 19th century the Dunleith Mound Group consisted of 26 mounds. Today, only 20 mounds can be identified.
Before the Gramercy Park Foundation began its preservation efforts the mounds had become overgrown with trees and other vegetation. The mounds were inaccessible and it was impossible to walk amongst them. Because of the efforts of the foundation, visitors can now walk along newly constructed trails and learn about the site from recently installed wayside markers.
Further reading and information:
1. State of Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
https://dnr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dnr/naturalresources/cultural/documents/dunleithmounds.pdf (PDF file)
2. Smithsonian Institution:
https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/91634/Burial%20Mounds%20of%20the%20Northern%20Sections.pdf (PDF file)
Directions: From Dubuque, IA via US-20E, 2.9 mi.
Note: More photos courtesy of Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks kindly uploaded by AKFisher
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