Ross Trails Adena Circle

Ross Trails Adena Circle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	Ross, Ohio
Area:	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	75001339^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 10, 1975

The Ross Trails Adena Circle is an archaeological site in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located northwest of Ross in Butler County,^[2] it appears to have been a sacred circle constructed by people of the Adena culture.^[3]^:102

The circle is composed of an earthen wall, approximately 1 foot (0.30 m) high. Its interior, which is slightly raised above the surrounding terrain, can be accessed through a small opening in the wall that appears to have housed a gate at one time. Because the circle has never been excavated, its contents and uses are uncertain; however, archaeologists have speculated that postholes or other evidence of a house or similar structure may be contained within the circle.^[3]^:103

In 1975, the circle's archaeological value was recognized when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The landmarked area includes approximately 3 acres (1.2 ha) of land,^[1] due to the possibility of finding related artifacts in the close vicinity of the circle.^[3]^:103

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ 44 F.R. 7553
^ ^a ^b ^c Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.

Adena Culture

List of Adena culture sites · Woodland period · Mound builder (people) · List of archaeological periods (North America)

Ohio Sites	Adena Mound · Austin Brown Mound · Arledge Mounds I and II · Beam Farm · Clemmons Mound · Conrad Mound Archeological Site · Coon Hunters Mound · George Deffenbaugh Mound · Enon Mound · Fortner Mounds · Great Mound · Highbanks Metropolitan Park Mounds I and II · Hillside Haven Mound · Hodgen's Cemetery Mound · Horn Mound · Hurley Mound · Jackson Mound · Karshner Mound · Kinzer Mound · Luthor List Mound · Miamisburg Mound · Odd Fellows' Cemetery Mound · Old Maid's Orchard Mound · Orators Mound · Carl Potter Mound · Reeves Mound · D.S. Rose Mound · Ross Trails Adena Circle · Short Woods Park Mound · Snead Mound · Spruce Run Earthworks · David Stitt Mound · Story Mound (Cincinnati) · Story Mound (Chillicothe) · Wolf Plains Group · Zaleski Mound Group

Kentucky Sites	Biggs Site · Gaitskill Mound · Mount Horeb Earthworks Complex · Round Hill Mound ·

West Virginia Sites	Criel Mound · Grave Creek Mound ·

Indiana Sites	Mounds State Park ·

Related topics · Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley · burial mound · Eastern Agricultural Complex · Hopewell tradition

Pre-Columbian North America

Archaeological cultures	North American pre-Columbian chronology – Adena – Alachua – Ancient Pueblo (Anasazi) – Baytown – Belle Glade – Buttermilk Creek Complex – Caborn-Welborn – Calf Creek – Caloosahatchee – Clovis – Coles Creek – Deptford – Folsom – Fort Ancient – Fort Walton – Fremont – Glades – Glacial Kame – Hopewell (List of Hopewell sites) – Hohokam – Leon-Jefferson – Mississippian (List of Mississippian sites) – Mogollon – Monongahela – Old Cordilleran – Oneota – Paleo-Arctic – Paleo-Indians – Patayan – Plano – Plaquemine – Poverty Point – Prehistoric Southwest – Red Ocher – Santa Rosa-Swift Creek – St. Johns – Steed-Kisker – Tchefuncte – Tocobaga – Troyville

Archaeological sites	Angel Mounds – Bandelier National Monument – The Bluff Point Stoneworks – Cahokia – Chaco Canyon – Casa Grande – Coso Rock Art District – Eaker – Effigy Mounds National Monument – Etowah Indian Mounds – Eva – Folsom Site – Fort Ancient – Fort Center – Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument – Holly Bluff Site – Hopewell Culture National Historical Park – Kincaid Mounds – Kolomoki – Manitou Cliff Dwellings – Marksville – Meadowcroft Rockshelter – Mesa Verde – Moorehead Circle – Moundville – Mummy Cave – Nodena Site – Ocmulgee National Monument – Old Stone Fort – Parkin Park – Pinson Mounds – Portsmouth Earthworks – Poverty Point – Pueblo Bonito – Rock Eagle – Rock Hawk – Salmon Ruins – Serpent Mound – Spiro Mounds – SunWatch – Taos Pueblo – Toltec Mounds – Town Creek Indian Mound – Winterville

Miscellaneous	Ballgame – Black drink – Buhl woman – Calumet – Chunkey – Clovis point – Container Revolution – Eastern Agricultural Complex – Eden point – Effigy mound – Falcon dancer – Folsom point – Green Corn Ceremony – Horned Serpent – Kennewick man – Kiva – Metallurgy – Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing – Medicine wheel – Mound builders – N.A.G.P.R.A. – Norse colonization of the Americas – Piasa – Pueblo dwellings – Southeastern Ceremonial Complex – Three Sisters agriculture – Thunderbird – Underwater panther

Related: Genetic history · Indigenous Portal of North America · Pre-Columbian era

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National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio

National Historic Landmarks	Langstroth Cottage William H. McGuffey House John B. Tytus House

Historic districts	Austin-Magie Farm and Mill District Dayton-Campbell Historic District German Village Historic District Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton Historic Civic Center Harding-Jones Paper Company District High Street Commercial Block Hogan-Borger Mound Archeological District Lane's Mill Historic Buildings Miami-Erie Canal Site Historic District Rossville Historic District South Main Street District Williamson Mound Archeological District

Other properties	Dr. William S. Alexander House Anderson-Shaffer House Augspurger Grist Mill Augspurger Paper Company Rowhouse 1 Augspurger Paper Company Rowhouse 2 Augspurger Schoolhouse Frederick Augspurger Farm John Augspurger Farm No. 1 John Augspurger Farm No. 2 Samuel Augspurger Farm Samuel Augspurger House Beckett-Manrod House Benninghofen House Butler County Courthouse Cochran Farm Demoret Mound Henry P. Deuscher House Zachariah Price Dewitt Cabin Dixon-Globe Opera House-Robinson-Schwenn Building Edgeton Christian Ehresman Farm Elliott and Stoddard Halls Fairfield Township Works I Fitz Randolph-Rogers House Fortified Hill Works Garver Barn Great Mound Hamilton Catholic High School Herron Gymnasium James P. Hidley Cottage Howe Tavern Matthew Hueston House Hughes Manor Hughes School Hunting Lodge Farm Christian Iutzi Farm John Kennel Sr. Farm John Kennel Jr. Farm Elias Kumler House Lane-Hooven House Henry Maltby House Mann Mound Mill Office and Post Office Morgan-Hueston House Notre Dame Academy and Notre Dame High School Oxford Female Institute Oxford Railroad Depot and Junction House Pugh's Mill Covered Bridge Rentschler House Roberts Mound D.S. Rose Mound Ross Trails Adena Circle St. Stephen Church and Rectory Peter Schrock Jr. Farm John Scott Barn and Granary Shaw Farm Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter House of Miami University Spread Eagle Tavern-James D. Conrey House Symmes Mission Chapel Thomas Select School Union Township Works II Unzicker-Cook House John Vaughan House Voice of America Bethany Relay Station Western Female Seminary

Formerly listed	Fisher Hall Phillip Hughes House Pleasant Run Mounds

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio