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 mound has not been attributed to a specific period or cultural group, yet like other Native-American mounds, it has become incorporated into the modern landscape as a sacred space. 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. [1] The church was organized in 1834 by Rev. Jonathan Cable and built a building erected in 1835. [2] The same cannot be said for the numerous embankments and mounds in the surrounding area, which have been generally destroyed through human activity. [3]
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