The Mantle Rock Archeological District, near Smithland, Kentucky is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

The site is owned and protected by the Kentucky Nature Conservancy and is accessed by a gravel road off of Kentucky Route 133, just west of the small community of Joy, Kentucky. It includes a natural sandstone arch, several springs, and woodland, in a valley in the watershed of McGilligan Creek. It includes a part of the original Salem-Golconda Road. It is associated with the Cherokee Trail of Tears.

Mantle Rock Archeological District

It includes a contributing site and a contributing structure.

Mantle Rock Archeological District

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky

National Register of Historic Places in Livingston County, Kentucky

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky

Nature Conservancy preserves

Trail of Tears

Native American history of Kentucky

Caves of Kentucky

Sandstone formations of the United States

Mantle Rock Archeological District