A mysterious prehistoric wall of loose rocks on Fort Mountain has long prompted wonder about who built it and why. From the brink of a cliff on the east side of the mountain, the wall extends 885 feet to another precipice on the west side. Its highest parts measure about seven feet, but it generally rises to a height of two or three feet. There are 29 pits scattered fairly regularly along the wall, with the ruins of a gateway at one point. Theories about its builders and purpose have ranged from sun-worship and last-ditch defense by prehistoric white people to bloody warfare between rival Indian tribes, defense fortifications for Spanish conquistadors hunting gold, and a honeymoon haven for Cherokee Indian newlyweds. No one knows which of these legends and theories is true or false, and the real answer remains buried in antiquity.