A Walled City
The central ceremonial precinct of Cahokia was enclosed by a defensive wall, the Stockade (or Palisade). It was built of upright logs placed in 4-5 foot deep trenches and probably stood 10-15 feet high above the ground. It would take an estimated 15-20,000 logs to build this wall that was nearly two miles long. At regular intervals (about 85 feet, center-to-center) were bastions, guard towers with raised platforms for warriors to protect the front of the wall. L-shaped entryways were occasionally placed between bastions.HM Number | HM1F74 |
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Placed By | Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 2:53am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 755912 N 4283211 |
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Decimal Degrees | 38.66053333, -90.05890000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 39.632', W 90° 3.534' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 39' 37.92" N, 90° 3' 32.04" W |
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Area Code(s) | 618 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 9 Collins Ln, Collinsville IL 62234, US |
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