Featured: Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Ark of Secrets - Neolithic spirit alive in the Middle Ages

Random Image


Brinklow Tumulus

The Ancient Celts, Barry Cunliffe

The Ancient Celts, Barry Cunliffe

Who's Online

There are currently, 370 guests and 3 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Other Photo Pages >> Rock Eagle cairn - Cairn in United States in The South

Submitted by aluta on Friday, 03 November 2006  Page Views: 5991

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rock Eagle cairn
Country: United States Region: The South Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Atlanta, GA  Nearest Village: Eatonton, GA
Latitude: 33.417000N  Longitude: 83.389W
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.
no data 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
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.

Internal Links:
External Links:

Rock Eagle cairn
Rock Eagle cairn submitted by AKFisher : Rock Eagle Effigy Mound in Georgia in 1984. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Eagle effigy cairn in Georgia, USA

It is not known when this eagle- or vulture-shaped mound of whitish quartz was built. Estimates range from 1000 up to 3000 years ago. I have little more information and encourage anyone with more information to add comments.

Link with some info here.

More information from Michelledubois:
Rock Eagle Effigy Mound is an archaeological site in Putnam County, Georgia, U.S.A. estimated to have been constructed 1,000 to 3,000 years ago. The earthwork was built up of thousands of pieces of quartzite laid in the mounded shape of a large bird. Although it is most often referred to as an eagle, scholars do not know exactly what type of bird the original builders intended to portray. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) because of its significance.

What prompted the early inhabitants of Middle Georgia, who lived in a time long before the rise of the later Mississippian, Creek and Cherokee cultures, to build these massive effigy mounds is still something of a mystery. They obviously hold ceremonial significance and the Rock Eagle seems to have been expanded from a large dome-shaped central mound.

Although dating of the mound remains tentative (with some suggesting a much older date), most scientists now concur that it was probably built shortly after the time of Christ. This was an era with earthen effigy mounds were build in the Midwest in large numbers. It should be noted, however, that the earthworks at the much older Poverty Point site in Louisiana also appear to form the shape of a gigantic bird. That site is thought to date back 3,000 years.

At the Rock Eagle Effigy Mound, rocks piled to a height of 10 feet form an effigy of a soaring bird 102 feet long from head to tail and 120 feet wide from wing tip to wing tip. The quartz rock effigy mound probably served as a ceremonial center for Indians in the surrounding area. A tower overlook is adjacent to the effigy, located 9 miles north of Eatonton on U.S. 441/129.

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/rock-eagle-effigy-mound/view/?service=0
http://www.rockeagle4h.org/images/REmound.jpg
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr
2024 DPA
2024 DPA
2024 DPA
2024 DPA
2024 DPA
2024 DPA

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 21.4km ESE 112° Rock Hawk Effigy Mound* Artificial Mound
 66.9km SSW 197° Ocmulgee National Monument* Ancient Village or Settlement
 67.5km SSW 198° Lamar Mounds* Artificial Mound
 68.6km N 1° Sandy Creek terrace complex* Ancient Village or Settlement
 101.5km NNE 27° Georgia Guidestones* Modern Stone Circle etc
 143.3km N 349° Kenimer* Artificial Mound
 143.7km N 349° Sautee-Nacoochee earthwork Ancient Village or Settlement
 143.9km NNW 348° Nacoochee* Barrow Cemetery
 147.2km NW 313° Funk Heritage Center* Museum
 148.1km NNW 346° Hickorynut Track Rock* Rock Art
 152.8km WNW 301° Etowah Mounds - Mound C* Artificial Mound
 152.9km WNW 301° Etowah Mounds - Mound B* Artificial Mound
 152.9km WNW 301° Etowah Mounds - Mound A* Artificial Mound
 153.1km WNW 301° Etowah Mounds Museum* Museum
 153.1km WNW 301° Etowah Mounds - Ditch and Palisade* Misc. Earthwork
 155.0km WNW 302° Arborrigg* Modern Stone Circle etc
 168.6km NNW 345° Track Rock Gap Archaeological Area* Stone Row / Alignment
 169.3km NNW 345° Track Rock* Rock Art
 178.8km NNE 20° South Carolina Rock Art Center* Rock Art
 192.1km NW 321° Fort Mountain Stone Enclosure* Cairn
 195.5km W 267° Rother L. Harris Reservoir Stone Standing Stone (Menhir)
 196.6km N 0° Nikwasi Mound* Artificial Mound
 205.5km N 359° Cowee Mound Artificial Mound
 211.1km N 7° Judaculla Rock* Rock Art
 215.8km N 350° Sculptured Stone near Robbinsville* Sculptured Stone
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Tripod Rock

Lagash >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Rock Eagle cairn" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.