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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Shannon Mound Alternative Name: Shannon Mound Site KentuckyCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 18.357 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Shannon, KY
Latitude: 38.538150N Longitude: 83.90269W
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 |
0 | no data |
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The Shannon Mound site is most likely an Adena burial mound. It is a 100 foot diameter conical mound, 10 feet in height. The immediate area around the mound has been used as a cemetary in historic times; thus, the mound has not been excavated. The north end of the mound, perhaps an additional 15 to 20 feet of diameter, is missing.
References:
1. Little, Gregory, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
2. Woodward, Susan L., Indian mounds of the middle Ohio Valley: A Guide to Adena and Ohio Hopewell Sites (1986).
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Internet Archive
Directions: From Shannon, KY via US-62 W, 1 mi.
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