The Almost Restored Story Adena Burial Mound (1,000 B.C. - 500 A.D.) in Chillicothe, Ohio

The Story Adena burial mound was twenty feet high and one hundred feet wide. The Ohio Historical Society excavated it in 1897. During the excavation, the top of the mound was completely removed. When the excavation was done, the archaeologists threw a fraction of the earth back onto the mound's base. This poor restoration gives the burial mound the "top hat" look it has today.

   The burial mound is located in western Chillicothe, north of S.R. 50. If you are traveling from Mound City to Spruce Hill or the Seip mound and earthwork, the Story mound is in route. This is the Adena burial mound that you want to see located north of Chillicothe, Ohio! www.nephilimgiants.net : One of Ohio's Largest Burial Mounds Near Mound City in Ross County is Hidden. "Address Restricted" by the Ohio Historical Society.

The Story burial mound before being excavated in 1897. Those with the Travel Guide know there is an intact Adena burial mound larger than this north of Chillicothe

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