Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound in Mount Gilead, NC 27306

Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound in Mount Gilead, NC 27306 (Montgomery County) is a park. Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound is also known as Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site. Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound is located near Town Creek Mound Road. Ⓦ.

Leisure
park

Image

Town Creek Mound Aerial Hroe 2019 380Px
Town Creek Indian Mound (31 MG 2) during the late Town Creek-early Leak phases. The site is a prehistoric Native American archaeological site located near present-day Mount Gilead, Montgomery County, North Carolina.] Its main features are a platform mound with a surrounding. It was built by the Pee Dee, a South Appalachian Mississippian culture who lived in the Pee Dee River region of North and South Carolina. Town Creek was an important ceremonial site occupied from about 1150—1400 CE. It was the only ceremonial mound and village center of that culture located within North Carolina. Digital illustration, all rights held by the artist, Herb Roe © 2019 – Herb Roe, CC BY-SA 4.0 – Wikimedia Commons
Heritage designation National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Located in Montgomery County
Country United States