Bentley site

Bentley site
15 GP 15
Approximate location within Kentucky today
LocationSouth Portsmouth, Kentucky, Greenup County, Kentucky,  USA
RegionGreenup County, Kentucky
Coordinates38°43′17.76″N 83°1′22.98″W / 38.7216000°N 83.0230500°W / 38.7216000; -83.0230500
History
FoundedCa. 1400
Abandoned1625
PeriodsMadisonville horizon, protohistoric
CulturesFort Ancient culture
Architecture
Architectural detailsNumber of monuments:
Bentley site
NRHP reference No.83002784
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1983

The Bentley site (15Gp15) is a Late Fort Ancient culture Madisonville horizon (post 1400 CE) archaeological site overlain by an 18th-century Shawnee village; it is located within the Lower Shawneetown Archeological District, near South Portsmouth in Greenup County, Kentucky and Lewis County, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1983. It is located near four groups of Hopewell tradition mounds, built between 100 BCE and 500 CE, known as the Portsmouth Earthworks.