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Mound at Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson Park
Date Added: 16th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Mound at Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson Park submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Artist's conception of site and village.
Source: Wikipedia Creative Commons.
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Hamilton Mounds
Date Added: 18th Dec 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Hamilton Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Closer view of one of the Hamilton Mounds. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/hamilton-mound/ Sponsor: University of Alabama
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Log Text: A Mississippian mound site in Hamilton AL. Parking is in a small paved lot on Old Indian Mound Rd at the corner of a cultivated field about 800 ft east of US Hwy 278. There is an interpretive sign in the parking area.
The mounds are accessible via a mostly paved trail proceeding north and east about 1/2 mile around the field perimeter to the three mounds which are adjacent to the Buttahatchee River. The mounds can also be viewed via a good pair of binoculars from the lot.
Gulf State Park Shell and Sand Mounds
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Gulf State Park Shell and Sand Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Another shell mound.
Source courtesy of Greg Little author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Arcola Mounds
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Arcola Mounds submitted by Dodomad on 30th Jul 2023. The 3 large mounds comprising the Arcola, Mississippi mound complex.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Visited this site again in late Oct 2023. No changes but managed to take photos/videos from a better angle to view all three mounds.
Swan Lake Mounds
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Swan Lake Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 31st Oct 2023. In contrast to Dr. Little's photo of Mound A, here is the same mound in Oct 2023. The mound itself is covered with vegetation and access to the mound was impossible due to heavy overgrowth surrounding it.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. The mounds are in the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge, which is publicly accessible. Access roads in the refuge vary from very rough gravel (eastern side) to some paved (western side). Approaching from Foote village on the western side via the refuge road is probably the least punishing on a vehicle
Law Mounds
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Law Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 1st Nov 2023. Another zoomed view of Mound A from 1000 ft away, in late Oct.
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Log Text: Visited Oct 2023. Spotted Mound A as described, about 1000 ft south of the Yazoo Refuge Rd in a cultivated field with no public access. The two remaining mounds appear to be gone.
Anguilla Mound
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Anguilla Mound submitted by AKFisher on 1st Aug 2023.
Anguilla Mound, Mississippi. It was the focal point of a large village constructed around AD 1000. It is now 20 feet high but soil on the top was removed years ago.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Visited in Oct 2023. Site on private property in a residential neighborhood about 100 yds from the road and sign. Easily viewed from the street.
Carter Mounds
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Carter Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 2nd Nov 2023. Mound B on the left and Mound A on the right in Oct 2023
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Log Text: Can drive to within 100 ft of Mound B (Mound A is 100 ft behind B and to its right). Parking is available in a pulloff next to the historical marker.
Rolling Fork Mounds
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2
Rolling Fork Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 3rd Nov 2023. Topo contour map of the two extant mounds. Mound A, the taller one, is under the word "Fork" and Mound B is just to the lower left.
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Log Text: In late Oct 2023, I attempted to find these mounds by walking west from a car pulloff on Rte 61 and also north from a field road next to two brick silos. I did not attempt to walk in east from Parkway Rd, which as Dr. Little's photos suggest, may provide easier access to Mound B. The entire area was extremely overgrown and nearly impassible, so I abandoned the search.
It may be easier in winter, once the vegetation dies back.
Cary Mounds
Date Added: 4th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cary Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 1st Aug 2023. Cary Mound, Mississippi. There were 4 mounds here but only one platform mound exists today.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Mound is in a residential neighborhood. Can park at the historical marker and walk 100 ft to the mound base.
Aden Mounds
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Aden Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 10th Aug 2023. Aden Mounds, Mississippi. There are 3 mounds at this site arranged around a large, rectangular plaza area. Two are rectangular platform mounds 10-ft high. One was built around AD 200 and the others in AD 850. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: There is a parking pulloff next to the farm field where the mounds are located. The closest mound is about 100 ft from the historical marker. Both mounds degraded but clearly visible.
Haynes Bluff Mounds
Date Added: 8th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Haynes Bluff Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 3rd Aug 2023.
Haynes Bluff mounds marker and mound.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Mound A is right next to a road pulloff near a large pulp and paper facility. Mound C, at the junction of a railroad line and the same road, has been damaged by the tracks which cut partially through it. It is about 500 ft south of Mound A. The two remaining mounds are gone.
Glass Mounds (Mississippi)
Date Added: 16th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Glass Mounds (Tennessee) submitted by AKFisher on 9th Aug 2023. One of the two mounds at the Glass Mounds site near Nashville, Tennessee. They were made around AD 200.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: There is a parking pulloff on US Route 61 with site interpretation. However, the mounds are not walking-accessible from Route 61 and two of them (A and D) can only be viewed at a long distance from that highway (the remaining mounds were destroyed some time ago). It may be possible to see the same mounds at much closer range via back roads and a rail line, but I did not investigate.
Bayou Pierre Mounds
Date Added: 17th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bayou Pierre Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 10th Aug 2023. Sole surviving mound at the Bayou Pierre site in Mississippi. It is a 16-ft high platform mound constructed in AD 1000. It was focused on a large plaza area surrounded by an expansive village covering over a square mile. It was used until AD 1350. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: When the leaves are off the trees, Mound A is visible about 100 yds NE of the site parking pulloff on Old Mill Rd. In other seasons, it is walking accessible via an abandoned road about 100-200 yds S of the pulloff.
I was unable to locate Mound B as described, so it has likely eroded past the point of surface recognition. Mound D is located about 1/2 mile away, but I did not have a definitive location and did not try to find it.
Windsor Mounds
Date Added: 18th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Windsor Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 19th Nov 2023. Site map
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Log Text: This site has dedicated parking lot rather than a simple pulloff. The lot is just south of the main road and Mound A is right next to it (west of lot). Virtually drive by access when leaves are off the trees and a very short walk when they aren't.
Didn't have time to visit any of the other mounds, which are a forest hike from the lot. Next time. ;-)
Magee Mounds
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2025
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Feb 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4
Magee Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 20th Nov 2023. 2014 photo from thesis author referenced in the site description. Mound A on the left, B on the right.
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Log Text: These Mississippian mounds fall into the same category as a number of others that can only be viewed from long range, e.g. Metcalfe, Stoneville, Leland, and Mayersville. All are privately owned and on either agricultural land or large compounds set far back from the nearest public road. Unless permission is secured by the landowner, be prepared to shoot photos or videos from several 100 ft or more away. The best and closest viewing spot I found was on Furr Rd in Percy at approximately 33.09367, -90.85677 which lies about 800 ft north of the mound. There is a safe parking on a field road, where I captured most of the images. The two remaining mounds are on cultivated land and in good condition. The rest have been reduced to subsurface by cultivation.
Chickasaw Heritage Park
Date Added: 7th Mar 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chickasaw Heritage Park submitted by AKFisher on 14th Aug 2023. This is a really well formed platform mound, one of two at the site, in downtown Memphis, Tennessee next to the Mississippi River. It is thought by some to be the site where Hernando de Soto first saw the Mississippi River. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Site remains as described. The only change I noticed was the tunnel leading to the Civil War magazine in the mound next to the river has been bricked up and blocked.
Edgefield Mounds
Date Added: 8th Mar 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Edgefield Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 8th Mar 2024. Map on other side of sign
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Log Text: Description of the site is accurate. Mound A is the only one of the three that is easily accessible - right next to the paved road, a cemetery, and the interpretive sign in a pullout area. A vacant church is located 100 yds to the west. Mounds B and C are well northwest of Mound A and much closer to a levee that was built next to what is now a tributary or oxbow of the Mississippi R. Both are on posted private land in wooded areas that block easy viewing. I was unable to locate Mound B, but may have seen Mound C from a considerable distance.
Hollywood Mounds
Date Added: 8th Mar 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Hollywood Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 8th Mar 2024. Mound A from 1000 ft away. As close as I could get as it's private property.
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Log Text: Mound A, the largest, and three much smaller boundary mounds to the north of it are all located in a wooded area on private farm property several 100 yds north of the pullout area on the paved rd. This is as close as you can get (legally). All remaining boundary mounds and the three mounds to the east of Mound A were destroyed long ago. I could see Mound A easily but the three boundary mounds to the north of it were blocked from view.
This is on the Mississippi Mound Trail but the interpretive signage is missing, either stolen or vandalized.
Metcalfe Mounds
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2025
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Feb 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Metcalfe Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 7th Dec 2023. Shaded relief layer of same topo map. Mound is in the upper center of the map.
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Log Text: This Mississippian mound falls into the same category as a number of others that can only be viewed from long range, e.g. Leland, Stoneville, and Mayersville. All are privately owned and on either agricultural land or large compounds set far back from the nearest public road. Unless permission is secured by the landowner, be prepared to shoot photos or videos from 1/4 to 1/2 mile away.
The best viewing spot I found was about at the midpoint of Metcalf Road which lies about 1000 ft west of the mound. There are no shoulders for safe parking so I had to park on a nearby field (dirt) road and walk about 100 ft.
The mound is on a farm just to the east of a large tan shed (see images). It is in good condition.