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<< Other Photo Pages >> Dunbar Mound - Barrow Cemetery in United States in Mid Atlantic

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 27 February 2017  Page Views: 1696

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunbar Mound Alternative Name: Poorhouse Mound, Fairgrounds Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 5.125 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dunbar, WV
Latitude: 38.378000N  Longitude: 81.761W
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
 3 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.
 5 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
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Dunbar Mound
Dunbar Mound submitted by AKFisher : The "Poorhouse" or "Reservation Mound" in Dunbar, West Virginia. It was featured on an Ancient Aliens episode as well as other documentaries because the 1800's excavation report by the Smithsonian related that several skeletons over 7' in length were found. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Conical Burial Mound in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
Located in what is now Shawnee Region Park (a public golf course.)
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Dunbar Mound
Dunbar Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). The Poorhouse (aka Dunbar) Mound near Dunbar, West Virginia. The sign at the mound should tell us how poorly records were kept on mound excavations. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunbar Mound
Dunbar Mound submitted by AKFisher : Sign at the Dunbar, West Virginia mound site relating that over 50 mounds and 10 earthworks had been in the immediate area when the Smithsonian excavated there in 1883-1884. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunbar Mound
Dunbar Mound submitted by AKFisher : Another of the Dunbar Mounds in West Virginia. This one was not excavated because it had a historic-era cemetery on its summit. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Dunbar Mound by AKFisher on Wednesday, 09 August 2023
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Also known as "Shawnee Reservation Mound" and "Reservation Mound."
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Re: Dunbar Mound by AKFisher on Friday, 28 July 2023
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Historical marker on site: "Mounds - Earthworks -- One of the largest groups of mounds in the United States once existed in Dunbar, Institute, & South Charleston. In 1883-84, Smithsonian workers recorded 50 mounds and at least 10 earthworks (low earth embankments in geometric forms). Great Smith Mound, 35 ft. high and 175 in diameter, stood in Dunbar. The mounds in Shawnee Reservation & downtown South Charleston are all that remains today of these prehistoric works."
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