Near Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Peck Mounds

Ancient Mounds Trail

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

1. Peck Mounds Marker

Inscription. The Peck Mounds site has 5 mounds built along the bluff above Lake Louie. Only 4 mounds are visible today. The largest is platform shaped and measures 18 feet tall and 165 by 180 feet at the base. The smaller 3 are domed shaped and average only 4 feet tall. The entire complex was occupied around AD 750–1100.

Erected by State of Louisiana.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Louisiana Ancient Mounds Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 750 CE.

Location. 31° 49.515′ N, 91° 39.072′ W. Marker is near Sicily Island, Louisiana, in Catahoula Parish. It is on Peck Road (State Highway 1017) 1.4 miles south of State Highway 8, on the right when traveling south. Marker is located at the end of the public-maintained segment of Peck Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sicily Island LA 71368, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, 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 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: Peck Village (here, next to this marker); Lamarque Landing Mound (approx. 6.9 miles away); Boothe Landing Mound (approx.

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8.8 miles away); Alexander Mound (approx. 9.7 miles away); Cypress Grove Mound (approx. 10 miles away); Fort Beauregard Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.6 miles away); Gene King (approx. 10.7 miles away); Catahoula Parish Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.7 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Peck Mounds. From the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. (Submitted on August 14, 2015.)

2. Wikipedia article on the Peck Mounds. (Submitted on December 31, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Peck Village and Peck Mounds Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

2. Peck Village and Peck Mounds Markers

View to the southwest with Mound E of the Peck Mounds behind the markers to the right

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

3. Peck Village and Peck Mounds Markers

View to the north

Peck Village and Peck Mounds Markers<br>at the End of Peck Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

4. Peck Village and Peck Mounds Markers
at the End of Peck Road

View to the southwest with markers at the end of the public-maintained segment of Peck Road

Lovelace Lake image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

5. Lovelace Lake

View to the northeast

Mound E of the Peck Mounds image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane Hall, August 4, 2015

6. Mound E of the Peck Mounds

Mound E is the largest of the five mounds

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,070 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 14, 2015, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.