Judaculla Rock
Judaculla Rock is a curvilinear-shaped outcrop of soapstone known for its ancient carvings and petroglyphs. The archaeological site is located on a 0.85-acre rectangular-shaped property, now owned by Jackson County. It is approximately 60 meters east of Caney Fork Creek, a major branch of the northwestward-trending Tuckasegee River in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Judaculla Rock | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Judaculla Rock, August 2018 | |
| Location | 552 Judaculla Rock Rd., Cullowhee, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°18′02″N 83°06′34″W |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000116 |
| Added to NRHP | March 27, 2013 |
The petroglyph boulder occurs within a man-made bowl-shaped depression. Today the land is covered with mowed turf grass (previously, it was cultivated as a cornfield) and bordered on the west by a thicket of rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea). Slightly upslope and east of the boulder are a few smaller outcroppings of soapstone bedrock, at least two of which show definite scars left by ancient quarrying for soapstone bowl manufacture. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.