Round Hill, Kentucky


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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Adena Mound at Round Hill, Kentucky
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Nearest city	Round Hill, Kentucky
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
NRHP reference No.	80001651^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1980

Round Hill is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Kentucky, United States.^[2] It lies 10 miles southwest of Richmond on Kentucky Route 595. Round Hill is part of the Richmond–Berea Micropolitan Statistical Area.

A burial mound attributed by the National Register of Historic Places to the Adena culture is the central feature of the village.^[3] The ovoid earthwork has a base of roughly 150 by 90 feet and a height of 25 feet. Unsystematic excavations in the early twentieth century by local residents produced flint tools and human remains.^[4] The mound stands on private property but is visible from the road.

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Round Hill, Kentucky
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 28, 2008.
^ Webb, W. S.; W. D. Funkhouser (1932). Archaeological Survey of Kentucky. Reports in Archaeology and Anthropology, vol. 2. Lexington: University of Kentucky, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology. p. 263.

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