Mount Sterling in Montgomery County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

The Gaitskill Mound

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

1. The Gaitskill Mound Marker

Inscription. Indian Mound attributed to Adena people who inhabited Ohio Valley ca. 800 B.C. to 700 A.D. They began cultivating simple crops, bringing about a mixed hunting and farming economy. Central to Adena life were rituals involving cremation and mound building. Engraved stone tablets found here indicate mound to be Adena. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1975.

Erected 1979 by Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1655.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Anthropology & Archaeology. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1975.

Location. 38° 4.398′ N, 83° 57.066′ W. Marker is in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, in Montgomery County. It is on Indian Mound Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Sterling KY 40353, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the

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Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Estill's Defeat (approx. 0.6 miles away); Montgomery County Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Battle of Mt. Sterling (approx. 1.2 miles away); Montgomery County World War II Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Montgomery County Kentucky World War I Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Montgomery County Korean War Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Montgomery County Kentucky Vietnam Casualties (approx. 1.2 miles away); Montgomery County. 1797 (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Sterling.

Photographed by Don Morfe, April 15, 2014

2. The Gaitskill Mound Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 20, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,638 times since then and 78 times this year. Last updated on May 21, 2014, by Keith S Smith of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 20, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.