The McMahan Indian Mound
This Mississippian substructure,16 ft. high and 240 ft.in circumference, built during the Dallas phase (1200-1500), was first excavated in 1881, with artifacts being sent to the Smithsonian. Later excavations exposed nearby villages of the Woodland Indian dating from 200 A.D. to the Cherokee who roamed this valley when pioneers
settled in the late 1700s.
Marker is on Chapman Hwy /The Great Smoky Mountains Hwy. (Route 441), on the right when traveling south.
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