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Reeves Mound

Alfred · Meigs County · Southeast Ohio
A low oval mound in a farm field, with bird points around it
National Register of Historic Places

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A small, low mound in a Meigs County field where Adena arrowheads keep turning up.

Shape
An oval about 3.3 feet high, roughly 42 feet east to west and 45 feet north to south
Setting
In a farm field north of the community of Alfred
Found nearby
Stone chips and Adena projectile points, including a bird point
Use
The points suggest the Adena used the mound and its surroundings for hundreds of years
Listed
National Register of Historic Places, 1974

The story

The Reeves Mound is part of an archaeological site north of Alfred in Meigs County that appears to have been built by the Adena. The mound itself is low, an oval about 3.3 feet high and about 42 by 45 feet, in a farm field. The fields around it have yielded stone chips and projectile points characteristic of the Adena, including a bird point. Some of the points are typical of the early Adena, around 1000 BCE, and others of the late period, around 400 CE, so people seem to have used this place for hundreds of years. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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The Bird Point in the Field

You do not need a shovel to know that people lived here. In the fields around the Reeves Mound, plowing turns up flint chips and arrowheads, including one of the distinctive kind called a bird point.

The points span centuries, which tells the real story of the place: it was not a single burial, but a spot people came back to, generation after generation.

Behind the legend

The point types and their dates are documented in the National Register description. It is a good reminder that some of the most valuable archaeology is in low, plain places. The site is on private land and collecting is not permitted.

If you go

Do not collect artifacts anywhere you visit, and report finds to the Ohio History Connection.

Visiting

Status
Private farmland
Managed by
Private
Hours
The mound sits in a farm field and is not open to the public.
Please note
Please do not trespass.

Parks nearby

Forked Run State Park
About 15 miles · A small Ohio River park with a lake and camper cabins.
Open

Details last checked 2026-09-22. Confirm hours and prices before you go.