Multiple Native American mounds and other earthworks were once located on the site of Newtown.

While the North American mounds' precise function is not known, they are believed to have played a central role in the mound-building people's religious life.

The largest Native American mounds are located near the Black Warrior River.

The park has several American Indian mounds.

Native American mounds from the Middle Woodland Period more than two thousand years old are also found on the cemetery grounds.

Starting in 1830, a pumping station and reservoir was built on top of a Native American mound, but it quickly became inadequate to the city's needs.

The majority of the Native American mounds for which the city was named have been destroyed by development and farming.

Certain ancient Native American mounds also form the frustum of a pyramid.

The largest mound rises 55 feet and is the fourth tallest native American mound in the United States.

Short minutes later, a Native American mound loomed ahead of them.