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Story Mound
c/o Site Operations Department
The Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
614-297-2630 1-800-686-1535
Story Mound, of interest primarily to archaeologists, consists
of a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground in
Chillicothe. This prehistoric burial mound stands 19.5 feet high, with a basal diameter of
95 feet. Erected by prehistoric Adena Indians (800 BC-AD 100) it was excavated in 1897 by
Clarence Loveberry. It yielded the first documented example of a circular Adena timber
building, a structural type now known as the norm in Adena ceremonial and domestic
architecture.
Please note that the mound is surrounded by a chain-link fence and is not accessible.
LOCATION
Story Mound is in northwestern Chillicothe, in Ross County, just off of Allen Avenue on
Delano Street.
Story Mound, of interest primarily to archaeologists, consists
of a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground in
Chillicothe. This prehistoric burial mound stands 19.5 feet high, with a basal diameter of
95 feet. Erected by prehistoric Adena Indians (800 BC-AD 100) it was excavated in 1897 by
Clarence Loveberry. It yielded the first documented example of a circular Adena timber
building, a structural type now known as the norm in Adena ceremonial and domestic
architecture.