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3. A circumvallation on the farm of Mr. Jones, two miles from 

 Lancaster. Just outside the gateway is a spring, in which were 

 found eighteen large and twelve small shells, resembling the 

 conch. Another enclosure occurs on the farm of Mr. Kenneday 

 near by, where fifteen similar shells were found. — (II.) 



Jefferson County. — A polygon enclosure at Locust Grove. — (R.) 



Harlan County, (formerly Knox.) — A large mound at Mount 

 Pleasant, upon which the Court house is built. It gave name to 

 the place. It is circular, truncated, and was originally twenty 

 feet high. A large mound occurs at a place called Cumberland 

 Gap, with many smaller ones around. 



Christian County. — There are numerous traces of an ancient 

 population in this county. At Licking creek, six miles southeast 

 of Hopkinsviile. are many embankments, mounds, etc. A great 

 number of round holes, with raised edges occur here. A number 

 of large mounds formerly existed in Hopkinsviile, upon the 

 largest of which the Court house was erected. There are yet 

 many mounds in the vicinity. — (R.) 



McCracken County. — Mounds are especially abundant in this 

 county. There is a large square one, truncated, fourteen feet high 

 and twelve hundred feet in circumference, a few miles below the 

 mouth of Clark's river, a little distance from the banks of the 

 Ohio. Below Hunting creek, on the elevated lands, one-fourth 

 of a mile back from the Ohio, are five parallel rows of mounds, 

 of unequal sizes, placed close together. Just above fort Jefferson, 

 on the Mississippi, are many little mounds, and other monuments. 



Pendleton County. — Near Falmouth, an ancient enclosure, on 

 elevated and commanding ground, between two rivers. It is cir- 

 cular, with four openings at right angles to each other and cor- 

 responding very nearly with the cardinal points. There are nu- 

 merous mounds in the vicinity. — Collins s Kentucky, p. 494. 



Warren County. — 1. An ancient work on the east bank of 

 Barren river, one mile east of Bowling Green. It is an irregular 

 octagon, 1,385 feet in circumference, with an exterior ditch, and 

 a small mound at each angle. There are two rectangular, trun- 

 cated mounds within the walls, the largest of which is one hun- 

 dred feet long and fifty wide. — (R.) 



2. There is also a large hill work near by that just mentioned. 

 It occupies a bluff inaccessible except at a single point. It is 

 square, and has a line of mounds extending from it for more than 

 a mile, gradually becoming smaller as they recede. — Collins' s 



Kentucky, p. 542. 



Hickman County. — On the bank of the Mississippi, a few 

 miles below " Ironbanks," is a large and beautiful mound. It is 

 four hundred and fifty feet long, thirty broad at top, and ten 

 high. Bones are found within it. — (R.) 



Montgomery County. — Great numbers of ancient monuments 

 occur in this county, some of which possess peculiar interest. 



