The Miami Circle, also known as The Miami River Circle, Brickell Point, or The Miami Circle at Brickell Point Site, is an archaeological site in Brickell, Miami, Florida. It consists of a perfect circle measuring 38 feet (11.5m) of 600 postmolds that contain 24 holes or basins cut into the limestone bedrock, on a coastal spit of land, surrounded by a large number of other 'minor' holes. It is the only known evidence of a prehistoric permanent structure cut into the bedrock in the Eastern United States, and considerably predates other known permanent settlements on the East Coast. It is believed to have been the location of a structure, built by the Tequesta Indians, in what was possibly their capital. Discovered in 1998, the site is believed to be somewhere between 1,700 and 2,000 years old.
Miami Circle Park, 7 March 2011
The circle, April 2011
Miami Circle Park, December 2010
Brickell is a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, historically referenced at times as Southside, located directly east of Interstate 95, south of the Miami River and north of Coconut Grove. Brickell is known as the financial district of Miami, as well as South Florida.
A part of the Brickell skyline as seen from the Rickenbacker Causeway, December 2020.
Brickell Mausoleum at Brickell Park, built in 1921
Miami Circle, Tequesta Indian burial grounds, circa 310-10 AD
Dr. James M. Jackson Office, first physician's office in Miami, 1905