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<< Text Pages >> Big Mound City - Misc. Earthwork in United States in The South

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Multi-periodSite Name: Big Mound City
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 28.562 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: West Palm Beach  Nearest Village: Indiantown
Latitude: 26.876000N  Longitude: 80.4786W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Misc. Earthwork in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Over a dozen mounds were incorporated into this earthwork complex built around 1450AD, although the area was occupied from at least 100 AD.

Found in the Corbett State Wildlife Management Area, it is accessible by the trail system within the park. A National Register of Historic Places site.
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Big Mound City
Big Mound City submitted by AKFisher : Archaeological reconstruction of Big Mound City in Indiantown, Florida © from the mound encyclopedia. The various mounds and earthworks cover 15 acres and the large mound on the center right is 23-feet high. The C-shaped embankment is 9-feet high and is 1,520 feet in diameter. The large platform mound on the left center is 25-feet high and has a diameter of 220 feet. The site was constructed st... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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