Serpent Mound

Serpent Mound (HM2HTE)

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N 39° 0.877', W 83° 25.742'

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One of North America's most spectacular effigy
mounds, Serpent Mound is
a gigantic
earthen
sculpture representative of a snake.
Built on a
spur of rock overlooking Ohio Brush Creek around
1000 A.D. by the Fort Ancient culture, the earthwork was
likely a place of ceremonies dedicated to a powerful serpent
spirit. The site is located on the edge of a massive crater,
possibly formed by the impact of a small asteroid around 300
million years ago. Frederic Ward Putman studied Serpent
Mound between 1886 and 1889 Due largely to his efforts,
Serpent Mound became the first privately funded archaeological
preserve in the United States.
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HM NumberHM2HTE
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Year Placed2003
Placed ByThe Ohio Bicentennial Commission and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, June 14th, 2019 at 8:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 289695 N 4321205
Decimal Degrees39.01461667, -83.42903333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 0.877', W 83° 25.742'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 0' 52.62" N, 83° 25' 44.52" W
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