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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Beloit College MoundsCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 54.342 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Beloit
Latitude: 42.502877N Longitude: 89.031584W
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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Artificial Mound in Rock County, Wisconsin.
Group of 20 mounds in the grounds of the Beloit College. They are dated from 4th to 12th century CE. The best known is the Turtle Mound, which has become the unofficial college emblem.
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