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Date UncertainSite Name: Moundbuilder's Fort Alternative Name: Charlestown Fort, Rose Island Hillfort, Devil's Backbone
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 25.281 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Not Known (by us)
Nearest Town: Charlestown, Indiana
Latitude: 38.431000N  Longitude: 85.616W
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.
2 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
3

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Natural Structure with possible constructions in Clark County, Indiana.
A natural limestone ridge at the bluff's top was well known to early European settlers and local historic Indians. Early surveyors felt that some of the constructions were man-made defensive structures and Mississippian era stone box burials have been found in the area, but the site does not appear to be recognized as a hillfort of the types seen farther east in Ohio.

The Ohio lies on the south side and Fourteen Mile Creek on the north and west side, leaving a narrow connection to land.
This was one of the ancient sites reputed to have been examined by William Clark immediately prior to his great western expedition with Meriwether Lewis. Now the site is part of the Charlestown State Park and the only access is either hiking from a new bridge across Fourteen Mile Creek from the rest of the park property, or a hike up from boat landing on the Ohio River.
Sources include:
"Archaeological Investigations at the Prather Site, Clark County, Indiana: The 2003 Baseline Archaeological Survey," Munson and McCullough, 2004.
History of the Ohio falls cities and their counties : with illustrations and bibliographical sketches, Williams, L.A., & Co., Cleveland, 1882.
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