Bridge piers that have non-uniform cross-sectional dimensions along their length are called compound piers. The behavior of a significant number of bridge piers is characterized by non-uniformity, which is contingent upon how their foundations are exposed to flow fields. Bridges may fail for a variety of reasons, including design flaws and construction mistakes, however, scouring is the most dominant and dangerous of all the reasons. The primary objective of this experimental study was to mitigate the scouring effect around a circular compound bridge pier. This was achieved by using sacrificial piles as a counter-scour measure under clear water conditions. The flow rate was kept constant during the experimentation and each trial was run for about 3 hours. A point gauge was employed to measure the depth of the scour around the pier. Three shapes of sacrificial piles were used during the experimentation i.e., circular, square, and diamond. For each shape, four different values of mutual spacing between the compound pier and its adjacent upstream (u/s) sacrificial pile were used. For each mutual spacing, three different sets of sacrificial piles i.e. two, four, and six were used. In this way, 12 trials for each shape and a total of 36 trials were performed during this experimental work. The results demonstrated that the use of sacrificial piles greatly reduced the scour depth. It was observed that circular sacrificial piles were more effective in reducing maximum scour depth as compared to square and diamond-shaped sacrificial piles. The maximum reduction in local scour was observed by using six circular sacrificial piles with 5,5.67&6.33 b mutual spacing b/w pier and u/s pile. On the other hand, the least reduction in scour depth was observed by using two circular piles with 1b mutual spacing b/w pier and u/s pile.