<< Our Photo Pages >> Seip Mound - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest
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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Seip MoundCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 4.421 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Chillicothe, Ohio Nearest Village: Bainbridge, Ohio
Latitude: 39.237900N Longitude: 83.2201W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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eforrest25 visited on 20th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The site is in much better shape than my first visit back in 1994, and now has a longer trail that moves through the entire complex down toward the Paint River. Not a lot is left undisturbed, but the mound has been rebuilt after a long ago excavation. There was a second mound that was not rebuilt. There is a wall that partially encloses the area.
bat400 visited on 1st Jan 1989 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4
Seip Mound is one of the largest Hopewell earthen mounds. It is oval and roughly 80 m x 30 m, and over 10 m high. The mound was originally at the center of a large circular portion of an earthwork enclosure, which has disappeared (almost entirely) as it was plowed over for crops.
Originally there were smaller mounds at the site in addition to the earthworks. Archeological excavations have discovered signs of several small buildings close by the mound and sunk posts and rectangles cleared of grass indicate their location.
When I visited this site several years back, the area was still fairly rural. The mound is grass covered and the area around it is kept mowed to keep trees and shrubs from growing up.
The site is operated by the Ohio Historical Society and is accessible year round. There is a kiosk near a parking area providing information on the site.
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