Bayou Sorrel in Iberville Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Bayou Sorrel Indian Mound

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 4, 2018

1. Bayou Sorrel Indian Mound Marker

Inscription.
Bayou Sorrel Indian Mound is one of the most prominent in Atchafalaya Heritage Area. Archaeological investigation in 1913 by Clarence Moore include artifacts from Tchefuncte, Marksville, Baytown, Coles Creek or Plaquemine Period. After the Flood of 1927 people of the Basin began using the mound for burials.

Erected by Preservation of Iberville, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 30° 9.994′ N, 91° 21.066′ W. Marker is in Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana, in Iberville Parish. It can be reached from Bayou Sorrel Road. At the end of Bayou Sorrel Road, over levee and south about 300 yards. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Plaquemine LA 70764, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes,

in Acadiana — Cajun Country,

and in Greater Baton Rouge.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

on the Gulf Coast,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally,

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it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (approx. 4.1 miles away); Bayou Plaquemine (approx. 9.1 miles away); Iberville African-American Cemetery (approx. 10.3 miles away); Joseph Erwin (approx. 10.3 miles away); Bayou Goula (approx. 10.3 miles away); Plaquemine Tribe World War 1 Memorial Tablet (approx. 10.9 miles away); Plaquemine First United Methodist Church (approx. 11.1 miles away); Academy of Saint Basil (approx. 11.1 miles away).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, August 4, 2018

2. Bayou Sorrel Indian Mound Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2018, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 1,602 times since then and 85 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2018.