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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Mt. Horeb Earthworks Complex Alternative Name: Adena Mound, Adena Park, Mt. Horeb Site 1Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 12.553 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Lexington, Kentucky
Latitude: 38.158889N Longitude: 84.465556W
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 mound contains a perfect circular 105-foot (32 m) diameter platform surrounded by a 45-foot (14 m) wide ditch and a 13-foot (4.0 m) wide enclosure with a 33-foot (10 m) wide entryway facing to the west. The site is well-maintained - located on a bank 75 feet (23 m) above Elkhorn Creek. Mt. Horeb Site 1 is owned by the University of Kentucky as "Adena Park", and access is restricted to alumni and others with a connection to the University.
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