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.
Burial Huts at Town Creek. . 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. . This historical marker is Near Mount Gilead in Montgomery County North Carolina
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.
Location. 35° 10.976′ N, 79° 55.764′ W. Marker is near Mount Gilead, North Carolina, in Montgomery County. Marker 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.
More about this marker. The marker is on the door at the entrance of the round hut.
Photographed By Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010
2. Reconstructed Burial Hut at Town Creek
The marker is on the door to the hut.
Photographed By Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010
3. The Stockade Entrance
Photographed By Paul Jordan, September 3, 2010
4. The Burial Mound
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 875 times since then and 87 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.