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 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 also includes a part of the original Salem-Golconda Road. The site is associated with the Cherokee Trail of Tears.
It includes a contributing site and a contributing structure. With .
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