Ohio archæological and historical publications . FlGURF XII. The larger Sherwood Moiuul, Malta, O. 198 0/iio Arch, and His. Soc/cf] Figure XI. The McHenry Mound, five miles above Malta, O. site of some acres in extent upon the terrace below the surface material upon it is not very thick. Figure XII repre-sents the large one. Five miles north of Malta on the McHenry farm is a claymound which has been much cultivated. It is four feet high andseventy feet base. Absolutely nothing was found in it. (SeeFigure XI). Upon a high hill in the edge of McConnelsville is a largemo
Ohio archæological and historical publications . FlGURF XII. The larger Sherwood Moiuul, Malta, O. 198 0/iio Arch, and His. Soc/cf] Figure XI. The McHenry Mound, five miles above Malta, O. site of some acres in extent upon the terrace below the surface material upon it is not very thick. Figure XII repre-sents the large one. Five miles north of Malta on the McHenry farm is a claymound which has been much cultivated. It is four feet high andseventy feet base. Absolutely nothing was found in it. (SeeFigure XI). Upon a high hill in the edge of McConnelsville is a largemound owned by Mr Alderman. He consented to let us exploreit, although his residence is but sixty feet distant and the moundreally a lawn ornament. We did the work with care and re-stored the structure to its original form. Being well preserved, this fine earth monument stands eightfeet high and sixty feet base. It overlooks the river and theSprague mound in the center of town below. Perhaps the ele-vation of Mr. Aldermans lawn above low water in the river, is175 feet. In the center, and just above the base line, we uncoveredsome two bushels
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