Mount Horeb Earthworks Complex

Mount Horeb Earthworks Complex
Artists conception of Mount Horeb Site 1
Location within Kentucky today
LocationLexington, Kentucky, Fayette County, Kentucky,  USA
RegionFayette County, Kentucky
Coordinates38°9′32″N 84°27′56″W / 38.15889°N 84.46556°W / 38.15889; -84.46556
History
CulturesAdena culture
Site notes
Excavation dates1939
ArchaeologistsWilliam S. Webb
Architecture
Architectural stylesEarthworks, causewayed ring ditch, timber circle

The Mount Horeb Earthworks Complex is an Adena culture group of earthworks in Lexington, Kentucky. It consists of two major components, the Mount Horeb Site 1 and the Peter Village enclosure, and several smaller features including the Grimes Village site, Tarleton Mound, and Fisher Mound. The Peter Village and Grimes Village enclosures were mapped by Rafinesque and featured in Squier and Davis's landmark publication Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley in 1848 as Plate XIV Figures 3 and 4.