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Mound Hill Archaeological Site

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67: 1271: 237:"romantic sight" due to its hilltop location between Stoner Creek and Pretty Run. The surveyors suggested that its linear shape with a central depression might have been the result of erosion or of the construction of multiple mounds that were later merged into one. It lies approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the rest of the group, which occupies the summit of a narrow ridgeline known as the "Devil's Backbone." Digging at these mounds, which were seemingly related to Mound Hill, produced 92: 637: 50: 1282: 778: 99: 74: 236:
lining Stoner Creek, although by far the largest of the group. The mound has frequently attracted attention from mapmakers and other surveyors, due to its large size; it was measured at 240 feet (73 m) (circumference) and 20 feet (6.1 m) (height) by an 1884 survey, which pronounced it a
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Funkhouser, W.D., and W.S. Webb. "Archaeological Survey of Kentucky".
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0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the Devil's Backbone above Stoner Creek
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Mound Hill Archaeological Site is located in Kentucky
Mound Hill Archaeological Site is located in the United States
Winchester
Kentucky
38°5′49″N 84°8′1″W / 38.09694°N 84.13361°W / 38.09694; -84.13361
78001308
archaeological site
Bluegrass region
U.S. state
Kentucky
Winchester
Clark County
Indian mounds
artifacts
stone box graves
National Register of Historic Places
Adena culture



"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


Report on the Geological Survey of Kentucky
Frankfort

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