Today the Loch Nell serpent mound is in a ruinous condition, although the cairn at its head, as well as the undulating ribbing of piled stones, are still partially visible.
COMPARISONS WITH OHIO'S SERPENT MOUND
Regarding the comparisons with Ohio's own Serpent Mound, located in Serpent Mound Park, Adams County, the matter becomes that much more tricky, even though the similarities between the two are striking to say the least.
They include the fact that an oval shaped mound held in the jaws of the serpent's head once possessed a mound of stones, according to the ethnologist Frederic Ward Putnam, who investigated the site back in 1890
They include the fact that an oval shaped mound held in the jaws of the serpent's head once possessed a mound of stones, according to the ethnologist Frederic Ward Putnam, who investigated the site back in 1890
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