The Benham Mound is a Native American mound in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in modern Amberley in Hamilton County, the mound is an archaeological site. A volume of Hamilton County history, published in the nineteenth century, described the Benham Mound as "a fine, large mound"; at that time, it was 8 feet (2.4 m) high, and its circumference was approximately 200 feet (61 m). Built on a line of tall hills above a valley, it is located in Section 30 of the original Columbia Township, near the Montgomery turnpike (now U.S. Route 22). The Norwood Mound lies approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the southwest. During the nineteenth century, local residents partially excavated the mound and the ground around it;...
