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Serpent
Mound State Memorial
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Serpent Mound is
one of the few effigy mounds in
Ohio. It is the largest and finest
serpent effigy in the United States.
The museum contains exhibits on
the mound and the geology of the
surrounding area, known as the
Serpent Mound crypto explosion
structure.
937-587-2796
1-800-752-2757
3850 St Rt 73
Peebles,
OH 45660
From
the monument...
 The
Serpent Mound
The
Serpent Mound was first described
by
Squire and Davis in "Ancient
Monuments of
the Mississippi Valley" in
1848.
Saved
from destruction in 1886
Frederick Ward Putnam, Professor
of
American Archaeology and ethnology,
Harvard University.
The
land included in the park was
secured
by subscription obtained by ladies
of
Boston in 1887, when it was deeded
to the
Trustees of the Peabody Museum
of
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass,
exempted from taxation by the
act of
legislation of Ohio in 1888.
Transferred
by Harvard University May
1900, to Ohio State Archaeological
and
Historical Society for Perpetual
care.
Shelterhouse
Created
over the original wall. The small
mound at the left, behind the
sign, is an Adena mound.
Solstices
Serpent
Mound has lunar, solar, planetary,
and celestial alignments. It marks
all the solstices and equinoxes
by lunar or solar alignments or
both. In 2005, a local research
team observed a triple alignment
during the Summer Solstice Sunset.
The moonrise was in the opposite
direction and Venus set in the
same area as the sun, all happening
in succession. Later that year,
the Volunteer of Serpent Mound
honored the Winter Solstice by
placing over 900 luminary bags
along the edge of the effigy,
producing a holiday festive glow.
To
learn more contact Delsey
Wilson.
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