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<< Text Pages >> Ratcliffe Mound - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

Submitted by AKFisher on Tuesday, 08 August 2023  Page Views: 139

Multi-periodSite Name: Ratcliffe Mound
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 15.008 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Chillicothe, OH
Latitude: 39.307400N  Longitude: 83.72867W
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
2 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
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3 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
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1 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
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Artificial Mound in Great Lakes Midwest

The Ratcliffe Mound (33-Vi-3) is a Native American mound in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located in western Vinton County,[1] it lies to the east of the community of Londonderry,[3] at the bottom of a steep-walled valley. Sitting in the middle of farm fields near a stream, the mound is isolated in open countryside; there are no nearby woodlots. The mound is a circular cone in shape, 14 feet (4.3 m) high and 86 feet (26 m) in diameter.[2]

Unlike those of many Native American mounds, the identity of the Ratcliffe Mound's builders is unknown. Two cultures from the Woodland period, the Adena and Hopewell, built large numbers of mounds in southeastern Ohio, and the Adena are known to have built a group of six mounds in the Vinton County village of Zaleski, but the Ratcliffe Mound lacks features that enable archaeologists to identify its builders. Neither of these two cultures typically built mounds in locations such as that of the Ratcliffe, and no identifiable artifacts have been found in the vicinity of the mound, so no identification can be made in the mound's present state. Furthermore, no archaeological excavation has been conducted at the Ratcliffe Mound, so no artifacts have been recovered from it.[2]

Despite the inability of archaeologists to classify the mound's origins, it is likely to be a valuable archaeological site if investigated. In recognition of its archaeological value, the Ratcliffe Mound was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

References
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1370.
3. 44 FR 7565

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Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcliffe_Mound
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7295517

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Ratcliffe Mound
Ratcliffe Mound submitted by AKFisher : Description courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Ratcliffe Mound near Londonberry, Ohio (Eagle Township). Never excavated, unknown if it is Adena or Hopewell. [WIKI: Nyttend] (Vote or comment on this photo)

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