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Multi-periodSite Name: Fort Salem Alternative Name: Workman WorksCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 22.092 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Hillsboro, OH Nearest Village: Pricetown, OH
Latitude: 39.123900N Longitude: 83.8143W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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Fort Salem is a hilltop earthen enclosure with two mounds. It is attributed to an Indiana culture with both Adena and Hopewell culture attributes and was built between 50 BC and 500 AD.
Acquired by the Archaeological Conservancy's in 2005, this is "a circular enclosure about 450 feet in diameter that surrounds a conjoined mound. The larger mound of the conjoined pair was about 6 feet high and 60 feet in diameter, while the smaller one was about 4 feet high and 40 feet in diameter. The wall that surrounded the enclosure was about 3 feet high and was paralleled for much of its 700 foot plus length by an exterior ditch.
"Today, both mounds are about 2 feet lower and the wall is only about 1 to 2 feet high. Due to a long period of the property being used as a simple pasture, and the presence of beech trees up to 10 feet in circumference, the site has been described as one of the best preserved earthworks remaining in private ownership in America. The Ohio Historical Society nominated the site to the Historical Register of Historic Places in 1971." - from American Archaeology, the magazine of the Archaeological Conservancy..
A National Register of Historic places site since 1971.
NRHP Listing as the Workman Works: #71000641.
Historic Significance: Information Potential.
Area of Significance: Prehistoric.
Cultural Affiliation: Hopewell.
Period of Significance: 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD.
Owner: Private.
Historic Function: Domestic.
Historic Sub-function: Village Site.
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use
A High-Density Topographic Map image can be found at the Hardlines Design Company website.
The site is a park, open to the public, daily from dawn to dusk.
Note: Archaeologist surveys Fort Salem earthwork.
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