Fairmount Mound
Fairmount Mound is sited just north of the National Road (US-40) at Fairmount Church on a road of the same name. The large burial mound is in part attributed to the Hopewell cultural period and, like other Native-American mounds, it has become incorporated into the modern landscape as a sacred space. [1] Sitting very close to the mound is Fairmount Presbyterian Church, and the area around the mound became a burial site for American settlers in the area in the mid-nineteenth century. This reuse of the sacred space has helped preserve this fifteen-foot high and eighty-foot wide, prehistoric structure. [2] The church was organized in 1834 by Rev. Jonathan Cable and built a building erected in 1835. [3] The fortunate preservation of Fairmount Mound is the exception for the once numerous embankments and mounds in the surrounding area, which have been largely destroyed through human activity. [4]
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