This site is particularly significant to the local history of Prattville. Daniel Pratt, the founder of Prattville, used the McNeill Mill in 1834, before purchasing the land where he eventually founded the town of Prattville and built a large cotton gin factory.
The site is located approximately 2.5 miles south of downtown Prattville along Autauga Creek and below the bluff at the eastern end of Reynolds Mill Road. The most obvious indication of the site is intact brick structural remains. The remains of what may have been the dam that once stretched across Autauga Creek are evident in the northern portion of the site. Directly across Autauga Creek, intact brick can be seen in the bluff and may indicate where the dam crossed to the other side of the creek or other structural remains related to the mill. Previous removal of soil around the dam by volunteers indicates an archway under a portion of this structure, likely to channel water through the mill.
Also during site cleaning, volunteers uncovered a 50-inch diameter millstone, which remained in situ. The size of the millstone alone highly supports the belief that this site is that of a mill as it is clearly a millstone for industrial use, rather than domestic purposes. Approximately 50 feet to the south of the likely dam are a large brick pier and a portion of a brick wall. Although much smaller in scale, a portion of the wall appears very similar to a water trough seen at a restored 19th century mill site located outside Cane Hill, Arkansas. Off the northwest corner of the wall is a large depression, approximately 12 feet across and 2 feet in depth at the center. To the south of these brick structures is an earthen embankment that appears to be man-made and may relate to the mill.