Round Hill, Kentucky Explained

Archeological Site 15 Ma 24
Nearest City:	Round Hill, Kentucky
Added:	August 18, 1980
Refnum:	80001651

Round Hill is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. It lies 10 miles southwest of Richmond on Kentucky Route 595. Round Hill is part of the Richmond–Berea Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A burial mound attributed by the National Register of Historic Places to the Adena culture is the central feature of the village.^[1] The ovoid earthwork has a base of roughly 150 by 90 feet and a height of 25 feet. Unsystematic excavations in the early twentieth century by local residents produced flint tools and human remains.^[2] The mound stands on private property but is visible from the road.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register Information System. 2008-07-28. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Book: Webb, W. S. . W. D. Funkhouser . Archaeological Survey of Kentucky . Reports in Archaeology and Anthropology, vol. 2 . University of Kentucky, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology . 1932 . Lexington . 263.