Denmark Mound Group (40 MD 85) | |||||||||
Alternate Name: | Denmark Site | ||||||||
Map Type: | USA Tennessee | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 35.5083°N -89.0304°W | ||||||||
Location: | Denmark, Madison County, Tennessee, USA | ||||||||
Region: | West Tennessee | ||||||||
Cultures: | Mississippian culture | ||||||||
Architectural Details: | Number of monuments: 3
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The Denmark Mound Group or Denmark Site (40MD85) is a Mississippian culture archaeological site on a low bluff overlooking Big Black Creek, a tributary of the Hatchie River near Denmark in Madison County, Tennessee. The site features include a village with over 70 structures, 2 rectangular platform mounds and a small conical burial mound as well as possible evidence of a surrounding palisade.[1] The site was added to the NRHP in 1992.