E. G. Squier on the Ancient Monuments of Kentucky. 5 



Hopkins County. — Within four or five miles of Madisonville, 

 a hill work, enclosing ten acres. — Collins' s Ky., p. 250. 



Carroll County. — An ancient enclosure ten miles from the 

 mouth of the Kentucky river, square, containing one acre, with 

 heavy walls. — Collinses Kentucky. 



Garrard County. — There are a number of enclosures in this 

 county, mostly circular, and an abundance of mounds. Some 

 large ones occur near Lancaster, and there are others on Paint 

 creek. — (R.) 



Davies County. — An enclosure at the mouth of Green river, 

 on the Ohio. Another on an island in the Ohio, somewhat lower 

 down. — (R.) 



Greenup County. — Two groups of works on the Ohio, oppo- 

 site the mouth of the Scioto river. One consists of a series of 

 concentric circles, with a truncated terraced mound in the center, 

 and with an avenue leading to a point on the bank of the river, 

 opposite which it is resumed, connecting with the Portsmouth 

 works five miles distant. The other group is eight miles lower 

 down the river, and consists of a large square of fifteen acres, 

 with avenues leading off from the sides, each 2,100 feet long. 

 See account, plans, $*c, in A. M. of M. F., p. 77, Plates xxvn, 



XXVIII. 



Lewis County. — An ancient enclosure on the banks of the 

 Ohio river. — (R.) 



Rock Castle County. — About three miles northwest of Mount 

 Vernon, a row of Indian graves, forming a straight wall or ridge 

 of limestone piled up. It is two hundred feet long, and between 

 three and four high. Abundance of human bones are mixed 

 with the stones. — (R.) 



Knox County. — An enclosure on the Cumberland river, three 

 miles above Barbersville, containing three acres. Numerous 

 mounds in the vicinity. — (R., and also Collinses Ky., p. 250.) 



Whitley County. — An enclosure on a bottom of the Cumber- 

 land river between Meadow and Flat creeks. Here are numer- 

 ous remains, and among them a square mound or "teocalli," three 

 hundred and fifty feet long, one hundred and fifty broad, and 

 twelve feet high. Similar remains are found on Blake's fork of 

 Watts's creek, on Lime Camp creek, and at other points within 

 the county. — (R.) 



Shelby County. — On the road from Frankfort to Bardstown, 



about twenty-five miles from each place, a square enclosure of 



one acre, now occupied by an orchard. At Shelbyville is a large 

 mound. — (R.) 



Mercer County. — 1. An ancient work, four miles above Har- 

 rodsburgh, on Salt river ; another a mile and a half above : each 

 quadrangular.— Collinses Ay., 452. 



