Rock Mound Archeological Site in Key Largo Florida: Indigenous Stone Pyramid? #historicaltidbits

In Key Largo Florida, in a small patch of private land next to the Calusa Campground and Resort, there is a rare type of indigenous mound hidden beneath the dense overgrown subtropical Florida terrain. This mound is unusual because it was built almost entirely from natural limestone. There are very few examples of indigenous mounds across the state that incorporate stone as a building material. Rock Mound, also identified as 8M027, was first discovered and investigated by anthropologist John M. Goggin in the 1940s. When he found it, it had already been looted of some materials, noted by the deep holes dug into its top. But this allowed Goggin to determine that the mound was largely built from stone.

This mound was roughly 100 feet long, 55 feet wide and around 8 to 9 feet high. When Goggin first found it, he described that it also had a25 foot stone ramp leading up to the top of the mound. Unfortunately, by 1975 when it was listed as a historical place, the stone ramp had already been demolished and its stone was repurposed for building materials. Further investigations of the mound did yield some artifacts. But unfortunately the mound and its surrounding area has largely been ignored and forgotten. Since the 70s, it was damaged further when a fence was placed around the property.

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