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Great Serpent Mound

  • Also Known As: Great Serpent Mound State Memorial
  • Address: 5 mi NW of Locust Grove on OH 73
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site

Great Serpent Mound is a prehistoric effigy mound located along Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio. - AsNotedIn


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Particulars for Great Serpent Mound:
Cultural Affiliation Adena
Area of Significance Art
Fine Art Colossal Sculpture
Landscape Type Earthen Mound
Lanscape Type Effigy Mound
Funerary Grave, burial
Criteria Information Potential
Level of Significance National
Attribute Outdoor
Area of Significance Prehistoric
Art Type Sculpture
Sight Category Site
Owner State
Historic Use Work of Art



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Serpent Mound
Registry Address: 5 mi. NW of Locust Grove on OH 73
Registry Number: 66000602
Resource Type: Site
Owner: State
Area in Acres: 60
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 10
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Applicable Criteria: Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Adena, Effigy Mound
Period of Significance: 499-0 BC, 500-999 BC, 499-0 AD
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Graves, burials
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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