The Serpent Mounds
Text from the plaque
The principal mound of this group is the only known example in Canada of a mound of serpentine shape. The earliest archeological excavation on the site was carried out by David Boyle in 1896. Artifacts and skeletal remains were discovered, but the first comprehensive investigation was not started until 1955. The mounds, somewhat similar to those of the Ohio Valley, appear to have been built while the region was occupied by Indians of the Point Peninsula culture, and are thought to have been religious or ceremonial in nature. Numerous burials have been found in the mounds, which are estimated to have been constructed about the second century A.D.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The County of Peterborough
The Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan
In Serpent Mounds Park, south of Keene, at the
southern end of Heritage Line/Serpent Mounds Road (Road 34)
Also recorded for this place: The County of Peterborough
N 44 12.427 W 78 09.286
Recorded June 2008. Check current access before visiting.
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