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Multi-periodSite Name: Luthor List Mound Alternative Name: Burning Mound, Signal MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 5.835 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Circleville OH
Latitude: 39.575390N Longitude: 82.94265W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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stonetracker visited on 1st Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Regarding accessibility, the mound is now protected on a property known as the Bartley Preserve (see comments). But it can be easily viewed from several car-friendly vantage points.
One is at the end of the Mound Trail road that heads east off of Kingston Pike (CR-9) into the Kingston Mound Manor apartment complex. An even closer access point is the SE corner of the complex's parking lot. The mound is about 100 yds from the latter spot.
The Luthor List Mound is an archaeological site of the Adena culture in the southern part of Ohio near Circleville.
One of the largest burial mounds in Pickaway County, the Luthor List Mound is believed to contain the skeletons of many leading members of the society that built it, although this is unverified by excavation. The mound's location on top of a small ridge, far from major bodies of water, suggests that it was built by Adenan peoples, who often buried their chieftains in mounds such as this one.
Unlike many of the area's mounds, the Luthor List Mound has seen very little damage since white settlement of the region. The erosion caused by the plows of past farmers has not damaged the Luthor List Mound because of its location — atop a ridgeline and covered with trees, it is not an ideal farming location. The mound has a uniform diameter of at least 75 feet (23 m) and is 12 feet (3.7 m) high.
The mound is now part of the larger Bartley Preserve and the property is owned by the Appalachia Ohio Alliance. The mission of the preserve is described on their website:
"The Bartley Preserve property was formerly used for intensive agriculture but is being restored to native prairie habitat by AOA stewardship work. So far, 95 acres of prairie wildflowers and grasses have been planted on the property and agriculture has been discontinued."
It is unclear as of this writing whether the preserve and mound are open to the public. For more info, see appalachiaohioalliance.org/preserves/other-preserves/bartley-preserve. In recognition of its archaeological value, the Luthor List Mound is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location coordinates are for the top of the mound.
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