Filhiol Mound Site

Location within Louisiana today
Location	Monroe, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana,  USA
Region	Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°20′22.38″N 92°5′35.32″W / 32.3395500°N 92.0931444°W / 32.3395500; -92.0931444
History
Founded	700 CE
Abandoned	1200
Cultures	Coles Creek culture
Site notes
Responsible body: private

Filhiol Mound Site is an archaeological site of the Coles Creek culture in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana on a natural levee of the Ouachita River.

Description

The site consists of a platform mound which now measures 7 feet (2.1 m) in height, with the base being 100 feet (30 m) by 100 feet (30 m).^[1] Excavations at the site have produced charcoal from beneath the mound which dates to 700–1200 CE. A cemetery established in the 1850s on the mounds summit has helped preserve it.^[1]

Location

The site is located on US 165 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of its junction with on Interstate 20.^[1]