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<< Text Pages >> Old Town (Franklin) - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The South

Submitted by AKFisher on Wednesday, 26 July 2023  Page Views: 135

Multi-periodSite Name: Old Town (Franklin) Alternative Name: Ancient Old Town
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 9.095 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Franklin, TN
Latitude: 36.041190N  Longitude: 86.93109W
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.
3 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.
4 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

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Ancient Village or Settlement in The South

Quote from Gregory L. Little, Ed.D. on X (Twitter): "Old Town near Nashville, Tennessee. Around 100 stone box graves were excavated at this site which is dated to around AD 1100. The large truncated mounds and the surrounding wall have been all but obliterated." Reprinted with permission of the author.

Directions:
From Nashville: 20.6 mi southwest via I-40 and TN 251.
Address:
2031 Old Natchez Trace, Franklin, TN 37069

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Old Town (Franklin)
Old Town (Franklin) submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Historical marker on site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Old Town (Franklin)
Old Town (Franklin) submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). This is the site of "Ancient Old Town" located on the Old Natchez Trace near Nashville, Tennessee amid multi-million $ estates. It was a 12-acre palisaded town with several large platform mounds made around AD 1000. Nearly 100 stone box graves were excavated from this si... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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