Re: Has anyone been to the Serpent Mound(s) in Ohio? | Forum

Serpent Mound, Loch Nell 1

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Has anyone been to the Serpent Mound(s) in Ohio?

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tiompan Jun 13, 2010 11:56:24

Replying to GLADMAN

GLADMAN wrote:

After stumbling upon this intriguing monument near Oban, thanks to a local, has anyone any info regarding what the experts think about these unusual features?

It's been mentioned a few times here ,but a perfectly natural esker .
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_104/104_048_062.pdf

GLADMAN Jun 13, 2010 16:13:13

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

It's been mentioned a few times here ,but a perfectly natural esker .
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_104/104_048_062.pdf

So basically the Bronze Age inhabitants of the area appended a cairn with cist onto a naturally occuring feature to achieve the desired 'Serpent' effect? I'm gonna have to go have another look one day.....