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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Stone Serpent Mound Alternative Name: Kentucky Stone Serpent Mound, 15Bd6Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Nearest Town: Catlettsburg, KY
Latitude: 38.353020N Longitude: 82.600985W
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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Geoglyph in Great Lakes Midwest
Ohio's Serpent Mound is the most famous of American effigy mounds. However, it is not the only remaining serpent effigy. Stone Serpent Mound, one of three serpent stone effigies known in Kentucky, is now famous in archaeology but remains little-known to the public. The effigy was constructed on a steep hill adjacent to a modern oil refinery and appears to have been first officially reported in 1976. A large semi-circle of stone appears to represent an egg at the serpent's head. The stone forming the major portion of the snake is piled to a height of 12 feet. As the head and tail are reached, the height of the stone formation is 4 feet with a width of 5 feet. The exact length has not been reported. Archaeologists date the formation to as early as 1000 BCE, and to as recent as 1000 CE.[1]
Reference:
1. Description courtesy of Dr. Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016), pp 157.
Further reading and information:
People of the StoneĀ
peopleofthestone.com/mystery-stone-mounds<2>
JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org/stable/20708318<4>
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