  Approximate location within Kentucky today | |
| Location | South Portsmouth, Kentucky, Greenup County, Kentucky,  USA |
|---|---|
| Region | Greenup County, Kentucky |
| Coordinates | 38°43′17.76″N 83°1′22.98″W / 38.7216000°N 83.0230500°W |
| History | |
| Founded | Ca. 1400 |
| Abandoned | 1625 |
| Periods | Madisonville horizon, protohistoric |
| Cultures | Fort Ancient culture |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural details | Number of monuments: |
Bentley site | |
| NRHP reference No. | 83002784[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 28, 1983 |
The Bentley site (15Gp15) is a Late Fort Ancient culture Madisonville horizon (post 1400 CE) archaeological site overlain by an 18th-century Shawnee village; it is located within the Lower Shawneetown Archeological District, near South Portsmouth in Greenup County, Kentucky and Lewis County, Kentucky.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1983.[1] It is located near four groups of Hopewell tradition mounds, built between 100 BCE and 500 CE, known as the Portsmouth Earthworks.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013.
- ^ Sharp, William E. (1996). "Chapter 6: Fort Ancient Farmers". In Lewis, R. Barry (ed.). Kentucky Archaeology. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 170–176. ISBN 0-8131-1907-3.