West Stockade

Along the west side south of the Grand Plaza, searches for the route of the Stockade located several segments of stockade wall trenches and portions of rectangular bastions along a low north-south ridge. The first wall with its round bastion could not be found. Several pits and portions of houses were also located, along with evidence that much of this area was artificially built up, perhaps as part of the filling and construction of the Grand Plaza. To the north, the walls pass the small Mound 57 and then bend left around the west side of Mound 48.

Collinsville, Illinois · United States