Serpent Mound (also known as Great Serpent Mound) is an archaeological and historic site in Peebles, Ohio, USA, enclosing an effigy mound 1348 feet (411 m) long in the shape of a serpent, the largest effigy mound of a serpent in the world, built between c. 800 BCE and c. 1070 CE.
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c. 321 BCEEarliest date suggested for the construction of Serpent Mound by the Adena Culture.
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c. 1070 CELatest date suggested for the construction of Serpent Mound by the Fort Ancient Culture.