Boyd Indian Mounds Site on the Natchez Trace Parkway
The Boyd Indian Mounds site on the Natchez Trace Parkway is home to six Indian burial mounds constructed somewhere between 800 and 1000 AD. However, only one mound is visible, and it barely qualifies as a bump on the landscape at only 4 feet tall (I have no idea where the other five mounds are). A short, paved path leads from the parking lot to the mound. Allow no more than ten minutes to see the site.
Pathway to Mound #2 at the Boyd Indian Mounds Site
Mound #2, as the mound at the Boyd Indian Mounds site is called, was constructed in three phases separated by many years, which is not unusual with Indian mounds. The mound was originally two separate mounds, and later dirt was added to fill in the gap between the two to create one oblong mound. Forty-one skeletons were found buried in the mound during an archaeological dig. Additions to the mound may have been to accommodate more burials.
Mound #2 at the Boyd Indian Mounds site on the Natchez Trace Parkway
I am not sure where the name “Boyd” comes from, but many mound names come from the property owner, so it is possible that the land where the mounds are located was once owned by a person with a last name of Boyd.
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Last updated on December 8, 2021
