GPS
Coordinates: Latitude: 31.93468 Longitude: -91.4193
Driving Directions:
— From La 128, head south on La 573. Go 3.8 miles to
La 892; continue straight on La 892. Go 1.2 miles to La 3252
(not on state map); turn right. Go 2.2 miles to marker on
right. |
| Number
of Mounds: 4? |
Number
of Visible Mounds: 2 |
| Summer
Viewing: Fair |
Winter
Viewing: Good |
 Sundown
may be the oldest Coles Creek mound group on the Mounds Trail.
Its three confirmed mounds form a triangle on the west side of
Little Choctaw Bayou. The largest, closest to and visible from
the marker, is a platform mound (Md. A) 11 feet high; its base
measures about 190 by 180 feet, with a summit platform 60 feet
square. A second large platform mound (Md. B) is about 400 feet
to the northwest; it’s 8 feet tall, and measures 130 by
100 feet at its base, with its platform about 65 by 33 feet. The
third mound, behind the largest, is a 7-foot tall, dome-shaped
mound about 100 by 80 feet at the base. About 150 feet north of
the largest mound is what may be either a mound or a village midden
(refuse pile). The site was occupied before and during mound building,
and dates to AD 700–1200 (Coles Creek period).
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