Shrum Mound in Columbus, Ohio

Located right off a major road in the Columbus metropolitan area sits this 2,000-year-old conical burial mound.  Constructed by people of the Adena Culture, this 20 foot high, 100-foot diameter burial mound sits between a roadway and an operating quarry lake. There are two dirt pathways up to the top of the mound: one starting at the entry gates and being a more gradual path and a second, steeper, and more direct route on the western side.  The mound has been cleared of trees and is more pronounced today. The…

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