Fairmount Mound

Fairmont Mound stands just north of the National Road at Fairmount Church on a road of the same name. The mound has not been attributed to a specific period or cultural group, yet, like other Native American mounds, it has become incorporated into the modern landscape as a sacred space. Fairmont Presbyterian Church was built near the mound, and the surrounding area became a burial site for American settlers in the mid-nineteenth century. This reuse of the sacred space has helped preserve this fifteen-foot high and eighty-foot wide, prehistoric structure. The fortunate preservation of Fairmount Mound is the exception for the once numerous embankments and mounds of the surrounding area, which have been largely destroyed through human activity.

Image 1: Sketch for the 1875 Atlas of Licking County of Fairmount Mound and Fairmount Church with its accompanying cemetery.

Image 2: Fairmount Mound and cemetery as they appeared in 1904.