Cross Mound

Tarlton Cross Mound
Tarlton Cross Mound from the west
Cross Mound is located in Ohio
Cross Mound
Cross Mound is located in the United States
Cross Mound
LocationCross Mound Park, northwest of Tarlton[2]
Nearest cityTarlton, Ohio
Coordinates39°33′44″N 82°47′7″W / 39.56222°N 82.78528°W / 39.56222; -82.78528
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.70000489[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1970

Cross Mound (also called the Tarlton Cross Mound) is an earthwork located near Tarlton, Ohio in the United States. The culture who built it and the time it was built remains unknown. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] Contemporary archaeologists have described it as "one of the many enigmatic effigy mounds in Southern Ohio."[4]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Location derived from this Universities Space Research Association webpage; the NRIS lists the site as "Address Restricted"
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference OHS1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Burks, Jarrod. "Tarlton Cross Mound". Geophysical Survey. Ohio Valley Archaeology, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2013.