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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Pinson Mounds - Sauls Mound Alternative Name: City of CiscoCountry: United States Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Jackson, TN Nearest Village: Pinson, TN
Latitude: 35.495533N Longitude: 88.682467W
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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stonetracker visited on 1st Apr 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 See main Pinson Mounds article for visit information
Mound 9 is a truncated pyramid with its base of 367x298 feet aligned with the cardinal directions. It stands 72 feet tall on a bluff overlooking the south fork of the Forked Deer River.
From the top of Sauls Mound you can see for fourteen miles in every direction.
It is one of 17 mounds and a geometric earthwork enclosure left of the thirty-five mounds which were first mapped out by William Myer in 1916. Myer pointed out the solar alignments of Saul's mound with the summer solstice sun rising near the southeast corner of mound 28, the equinox sun rising over mound 29, and winter solstice sun rising over mound 20, which has destroyed by agriculture.
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209m SW 222° Pinson Mounds - Other Sites* Artificial Mound
262m N 4° Pinson Mounds* Artificial Mound
949m E 89° Pinson Mounds - Eastern Citadel* Misc. Earthwork
1.0km ENE 57° Pinson Mounds - Mound 28* Artificial Mound
1.1km E 95° Pinson Mounds - Mound 30* Artificial Mound
1.1km W 279° Pinson Mounds - Twin Mounds* Artificial Mound
1.1km WNW 292° Pinson Mounds - Ozier Mound* Artificial Mound
50.9km SE 141° Shiloh Indian Mounds* Ancient Village or Settlement
104.7km NNE 15° Obion Mounds* Artificial Mound
107.0km SSE 152° Bear Creek* Ancient Village or Settlement
116.7km SSE 168° Pharr Mounds* Artificial Mound
117.9km W 276° Nodena Site* Ancient Village or Settlement
120.9km SE 130° Florence Mound* Artificial Mound
122.7km WNW 294° Chickasawba Mound* Artificial Mound
123.2km W 274° Hampson* Museum
126.6km SSW 195° Ingomar Mounds* Artificial Mound
128.4km NNW 339° Adams Site* Artificial Mound
132.9km WSW 252° Chickasaw Heritage Park* Artificial Mound
135.7km NNW 343° O'Bayum's Fort* Artificial Mound
139.9km WSW 250° Chucalissa Prehistoric Indian Village* Museum
142.2km NNW 340° Towosahgy Ancient Village or Settlement
144.8km NW 326° Lilbourn Mound Ancient Village or Settlement
147.9km WSW 247° Cheatham Mound* Artificial Mound
148.7km S 174° Mound Cemetary* Artificial Mound
150.0km WSW 249° Edgefield Mounds* Artificial Mound
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