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Monks Mound

Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 515 feet
  • Description: part of Cahokia, the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica
  • Also known as: “Abbey Hill”, “Cahokia Mound 38”, and “Monk’s Mound”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mound 34 and Mound 72.

Archaeological site
is a small platform mound located roughly 400 metres to the east of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near . Excavations near from 2002 to 2010 revealed the remains of a copper workshop, although the one of a kind discovery had been previously found in the late 1950s by archaeologist Gregory Perino, but lost for 60 years.

Archaeological site
Photo: Carptrash, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small ridgetop mound located roughly 850 meters to the south of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near . Early in the site's history, the location began as a circle of 48 large wooden posts known as a "woodhenge".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include State Park Place and Fairmont City.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in and , , United States. borders to the east and Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site to the west.

is a village in and counties, , . The population was 2,265 at the 2020 census, down from 2,635 in 2010.

Village
is a in , , United States. The population was 2,592 as of the 2020 census, down from 4,196 in 2010.

Monks Mound

Latitude
38.66009° or 38° 39′ 36″ north
Longitude
-90.06212° or 90° 3′ 44″ west
Elevation
515 feet (157 metres)
Open location code
86CFMW6Q+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 354119489
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
4244745
Wiki­data ID
Q280444
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Ukrainian—“Monks Mound” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Monks Mound”
  • Catalan: “Monks Mound”
  • Cebuano: “Monks Mound”
  • Chinese: “僧侣墩”
  • Chinese: “僧侶墩”
  • Chinese: “芒克斯墩”
  • Czech: “Monks Mound”
  • Dutch: “Monks Mound”
  • Esperanto: “Tumulo de la Monaĥoj”
  • French: “Monk’s Mound”
  • French: “tumulus des Moines”
  • German: “Monk’s Mound”
  • German: “Monks Mound”
  • Irish: “Monks Mound”
  • Irish: “Tulach na Manach”
  • Japanese: “モンクス＝マウンド”
  • Polish: “Kopiec Mnichów”
  • Russian: “Монкс-Маунд”
  • Spanish: “Túmulos de los Monjes”
  • Ukrainian: “Монкс-Маунд”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monks Mound”. Photo: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0.