Naples Mound 8

Address Restricted, Griggsville, Illinois. County/parish: Pike.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 14, 1975. NRIS 75000671.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Illinois Archaeological Survey #PK 335
  • Naples-Russel Mound 8

From Wikipedia:

Naples Mound 8

The Naples Mound 8 (also Naples-Russel Mound 8 or Illinois Archaeological Survey #PK 335) is a Havana Hopewell culture mound site located in Pike County, Illinois, United States, three miles east of the city of Griggsville. It is the largest mound on the bluff-top in the lower Illinois Valley. The mound was given the name Naples Mound #8 in 1882. The mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

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