It is located on the north-western edge of Snityn village, Snityn Village Council, Lubny district, Poltava region.
It was surveyed and described by V. H. Liaskoronskyi in the end of 19th c., who had drawn up the situational plan of the site location. Minor excavations of 9 kurgans were conducted by H. Ya. Stelletskyi. In 1947 it was examined by F. B. Kopylov. In 1984 and 1986 Yu. Yu. Morgunov surveyed 12 kurgan embankments.

The burial mound is located next to uphill north-western part of the village, to the right from road to the town of Lokhvytsia, Poltava region. The burial mound was functioning during 11th – 13th cc. It existed a little earlier than the chronicle “town” Ksniatyn, though, the majority of burial sites is connected to the history of this fortified settlement – one of the fortifications of the Old Russian Posullia defence line, created in times of ruling of Prince Volodymyr Sviatoslavych for protecting of the Kyivan Rus lands from the nomads’ raids. Ksniatyn necropolis comprised two parts – uphill (burial mound I), that is the archaeological sites of national importance and slough one, within the boundaries of the modern village (burial mound II).

In total, approximately 120 embankments were damaged by agricultural activities or robberies. The north-eastern part of necropolis was damaged by a currently functioning cemetery. This part of the burial mound is separated by a small bank and has a fence.

The uphill burial mound (burial mound I) is located at the high cape of the right bank of the Sula River, created by emerging of two river valleys – the Sula River and its right tributary, the Sulytsia River. The burial mound occupies an even part of the plateau, covering the area of approximately 14 ha, with the dimensions of 450 m (from west to east) х 300 m.
It contained more than 1,000 banks (up to the end of 19th c.), which were from 0.1 to 2.0 m high with a diameter of 3-11 m. Currently more than 550 banks and more than 150 kurgans are still preserved, but partially damaged by a currently functioning cemetery. The ditches are almost unobservable. The burial sites with smaller graves are dated back to the middle – 2nd half of 11th c. They belong to the same times or can be a little older than the constructed fortifications of the chronicle “town” Ksniatyn. Though, the majority of burial sites belong to 12th – 13th cc.

2nd, presently destroyed, burial mound II was located in the village centre. Wire rings, a lyre-shaped patch and a flint with an oval steel (the collection of A. P. Mashchenko) are among the findings. The site, that contained approximately 700 kurgans (as at the middle of 19th c.), 0.5-1.5 m high and with a diameter of 6-15 m, presently is almost levelled by the development of the area and is actually located under the park, which was created in 1950s.

Snityn burial mound is one of the biggest mounds necropoli of the chronicle “towns” preserved on the territory of the Left Bank Ukraine and belongs to one of the biggest fortified settlements of Old Russian Posullia defence line. The burial mound belonged to the town of Ksniatyn, which was repeatedly mentioned in different chronicles.