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<< Other Photo Pages >> Windsor Mound - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 15 July 2018  Page Views: 2642

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Windsor Mound Alternative Name: 12R1
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 128.655 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Muncie, Indiana  Nearest Village: Windsor, Indiana
Latitude: 40.156667N  Longitude: 85.206667W
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:
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
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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
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stonetracker visited - their rating: Amb: 3 Visited in late Oct 2023. The mound is on private land (no access) in a wooded area at the rear of a cultivated field, approximately 200-300 yds north of the road. There are no parking pulloffs, but it is in a relatively unpopulated area with no traffic.

Windsor Mound
Windsor Mound submitted by bat400_photo : A view of Windsor Mound from a county road to the south. "Southern side of the Windsor Mound, located off Windsor Road south of Parker City in Stoney Creek Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. Built by the prehistoric Adena culture, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places." "Date Taken on 11 July 2011" "Source Own work" "Author Nyttend" "I, the c... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Artificial Mound in Randolf County, Indiana.
"Windsor Mound (12R1) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The Adena/ Hopewell ... was first described as a nearly circular structure, nearly a hundred and fifty feet in diameter and fifteen feet high. Bike paths and excavations [have] damaged the site, slightly altering the shape of the mound.

"Sometime before 1882, the site was excavated by digging straight down through the mound. Much of the integrity of Windsor was maintained until amateur archaeologists excavated the site between 1986 and 1988. They excavated roughly one third of the mound and after completing work, the center of the mound was left open until 1991. At that time, the Upper White River Archaeological Society and archaeologists from Ball State University began documenting the site, looking at the soil profiles and materials collected. After those excavations were completed, the site was backfilled in 1993.

"Thirty-four isolated skulls were located in a stone structure within the mound that housed an intact female burial. Underneath the burial, amateur archaeologists discovered over three hundred shell disc beads. Also located nearby were four sandstone tablets. Isolated skulls are not an unusual artifact to find in an Adena Mound, however the large number of them at this site is unique. Two cremations and a separate, intrusive burial were also documented. This suggests reutilization of the mound as a burial place over time. The separate burial was found with cut antler tines, an antler drift, a bone scraper, a beaver tooth, and turtle shell.

"Like other mounds in eastern Indiana, further study of the Windsor Mound could help the understanding of the Adena ceremonial complex. Although limited at this site due to past disturbances, intact archaeological materials could help researchers understand the relationship of mound complexes in the Ohio River Valley."

- "Archaeology News from the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DHPA)", June 2018.

The site lies south of White River and north of West Windsor Road on private land. There is no access although the site is marked with signage on the road and may be seen across the fields at the edge of a tree line.
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Windsor Mounds
Windsor Mounds submitted by stonetracker : Site map (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windsor Mounds
Windsor Mounds submitted by stonetracker : Site interpretation (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windsor Mounds
Windsor Mounds submitted by stonetracker : Mound A, the tallest. Site is very overgrown except in winter, so I had to approach closer than usual to get the shot. However it is only steps away from the parking area. There are three other smaller mounds, all of them a hike, which I'll try on the next visit. There was evidence uncovered of Mississippian occupation and artifacts on both Mounds A and B, plus later modern damage due to... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windsor Mound
Windsor Mound submitted by stonetracker : Zoomed-in photo from 10/2023. I believe the mound is that small rise under the tree with brown leaves. Due to overgrowth, the best time to confirm this is when the leaves are off the trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Windsor Mound
Windsor Mound submitted by stonetracker : Site interpretation signage as of 10/2023. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Windsor Mound by Anonymous on Thursday, 14 December 2023
I grow up 2/3 House from this mound in the 60’s. My Mom went to the farmer and asked permission to just walk up to it. She was amazed by it. I truly think in a past life she was a American Indian. The small corn field next door to our house was filled with arrow heads and she even found a stone hammer head(Tom a hawk head). She never dug for them they were just laying on top once the farmer toiled the field. There is/was a old dumb site back in the woods on the side of an embankment by the river where she found all kind of things. It was interesting and the most amazing part of my childhood living in a area where there was so much History.
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Re: Windsor Mound by stonetracker on Thursday, 26 October 2023
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