D.S. Rose Mound

{{short description|Archaeological site in Ohio, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = D.S. Rose Mound

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| image = D.S. Rose Mound site.jpg

| caption = Site of the mound

| nearest_city = Huntsville, Ohio

| locmapin = Ohio#USA

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| added = May 28, 1975

| area = {{convert|11|acre}}

| refnum = 75001333{{NRISref|2009a}}

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The D.S. Rose Mound was a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located north of Huntsville in Butler County,{{Federal Register|44|7552}} the mound was also known as the "Holloway Mound." Its placement on a ridgeline above flat countryside has been interpreted as an indication that it was built by the Adena culture.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 102.

No excavation was ever conducted at the Rose Mound, either by archaeologists or by interested locals; consequently, it remained one of the best-preserved archaeological sites in southwestern Ohio throughout the twentieth century. Because of its archaeological value, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Despite the mound's great value for archaeological information, it was demolished by local land developers in the autumn of 1991. Protests from the Ohio Historical Society were ignored, and the mound and its contents were destroyed on October 8 or 9.Ohio Archaeologist 42/43 (1992), 23. While the mound is no longer in existence, it remains listed on the National Register.