Kinlock Shelter
| Kinlock Shelter | |
| Rock shelter | |
 | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Alabama |
| Regions | Bankhead National Forest, Lawrence County |
| Location | Near Kinlock Falls |
| Visitation | Visitation Allowed |
The Kinlock Shelter is a Rock shelter and Native American cultural site located just outside Sipsey Wilderness in Bankhead National Forest,[1] near Double Springs, Alabama. The shelter is located not far from Hubbard Creek, near a former Civilian Conservation Corps work camp off Kinlock Road. The name "Kinlock" is taken from a former plantation nearby.[2][3]
Kinlock Shelter, occasionally referred to as the Kinlock Antiquities, is the home of a Native American Winter Solstice sunrise ritual.[4] The shelter was first used by the Yuchi Tribe who used the site and the patterns drawn in the rock as part of a trance-inducing process, and for ceremonial acknowledgement of solar cycles.[3] The site has also been used by other tribes, including the Cherokee. It has been used for many thousands of years.[5]
Possession of alcoholic beverages and camping without a written permit from the United States Forest Service is prohibited inside Kinlock Shelter.[6]
References
- ↑ Rozema, Vicki. Footsteps of the Cherokees. John F. Blair, Publisher. p. 358. ISBN 0-89587-346-X.
- ↑ Alabama's Canyons, Charles Seifred
- 1 2 Walking Sipsey, Intro by Terra Manasco, Jim Manasco.
- ↑ Walking Sipsey, Jim Manasco.
- ↑ Decatur Daily, Sacred spaces Priest identifies 12 'places of secret prayer in Alabama, http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/religion/060624/sacred.shtml
- ↑ Crawford, Miera B. (15 June 2007). "National Forests In Alabama Order Number 20070107" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-23.