Irene Mound site

The Irene Mound is a historical site in Georgia associated with the Mississippian culture.

The Irene Mound site was located on the western bluff of the Savannah River.

It was about 2.4 hectares in size,[3] and is the largest Mississippian site on the Georgia coast.

[5] It is believed to have housed the local chief and his family, no more than 30 or 40 people total.

[3] The Works Progress Administration, Chatham County commissioners and Savannah chamber of commerce organized an archaeological project which excavated the Irene Mound site between 1937 and 1940.