The land where the Indian Mound is located on and a buffer area around it are off limits to any forest management interference. Experts from Archeology Inc. at Pensacola, Fla. say the mound is an excellent example of a pyramidal Indian mound. A pyramidal mound was where a leader's house or temple was located . Archeology Inc. photo shows the Indian Mound in the early 1990s when it was first discovered. The other type of Indian mound found in Alabama and elsewhere is the Burial mound.
Burial mounds are smaller and are where the leader or others from the community are buried.
The pyramidal mounds are bigger and are built up over the generations as a leader dies, his home is burned and another layer is formed on the mound. There has even been speculation that the site could have been in the general region where the explorer Hernando De Soto spent the winter in the year 1540 when he explored what is now the southeastern United States. This Indian mound's sides are still steep sided and its earthen ramp, facing east, is still noticeable. The base of the 15-feet high mound measures approximately 60 by 100 feet. These mounds mark the sites of the more important towns and villages of this time.