Near Mount Gilead in Montgomery County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Burial Huts at Town Creek

Photographed by Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010

1. Burial Huts at Town Creek Marker

Inscription. You are standing in a reconstruction of a burial hut built in this location over six hundred years ago. Its size and shape are based on evidence gained through scientific archaeological excavation. The outer walls are made of upright posts covered with wattle and daub. The roof is made of poles lashed together and covered with straw thatching on the outside and river cane on the inside. A small central hearth provides light and warmth for visitors to the burial hut. Similar structures, perhaps for each clan or extended family groups, might have been located within the stockaded walls.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 35° 10.976′ N, 79° 55.764′ W. Marker is near Mount Gilead, North Carolina, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Town Creek Mound Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 509 Town Creek Mound Road, Mount Gilead NC 27306, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Preservation and the Archaeological Record (a few steps from this marker); Town Creek Indian Mound (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Town Creek Indian Mound Prairie Reconstruction

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(about 400 feet away); Town Creek (approx. 4.6 miles away); Haywood Motor Company (approx. 4.6 miles away); McAulay Bros. Store (approx. 4.6 miles away); Ingram McAulay Hardware & Furniture (approx. 4.7 miles away); Ross & Ingram Grocery (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Gilead.

More about this marker. The marker is on the door at the entrance of the round hut.

Reconstructed Burial Hut at Town Creek image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010

2. Reconstructed Burial Hut at Town Creek

The marker is on the door to the hut.

The Stockade Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010

3. The Stockade Entrance

The Burial Mound image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010

4. The Burial Mound

Town Creek Indian Mound Entrance Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010

5. Town Creek Indian Mound Entrance Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. This page has been viewed 1,245 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 24, 2010, by Paul Jordan of Burlington, N. C., U. S. A.. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.