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Multi-periodSite Name: Castor Farm Alternative Name: 12H3Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 75.312 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Noblesville, IN Nearest Village: Strawtown, IN
Latitude: 40.130000N Longitude: 85.95W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Great Lakes Midwest
Hamilton County, Indiana.
Entered on National Register of Historic Places, 2008, as #08001207.
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation: Late Woodland, Mississippian
Period of Significance: 1499-1000 AD
Owner: Local
Historic Function: Defense, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function: Fortification, Graves/Burials, Village Site
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-function: Park
Source:
Archaeology Investigation of Two Western Basin Tradition Sites in Northern Indiana. Volume II: Castor Farm.
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