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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Porteus MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 18.206 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Newark, OH Nearest Village: Coshocton, OH
Latitude: 40.232170N Longitude: 81.866991W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Artificial Mound in Coshocton County, Ohio.23 feet high and 120 feet in diameter, the west side of the mound was sheered off then the road was widened. Considered an Adena culture mound because of its appearance and location.
Note: The mound lies on private property, but may be viewed from County Road 271, south of Coshocton. Source: Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, S. Woodward and J. McDonald, 2002.
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