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<< Image Pages >> Beloit College Mounds - Artificial Mound in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

Submitted by durhamnature on Friday, 29 March 2013  Page Views: 5268

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Beloit College Mounds
Country: 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:
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
3

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Beloit College Mounds
Beloit College Mounds submitted by durhamnature : Effigy mounds near Beloit, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Beloit College Mounds
Beloit College Mounds submitted by durhamnature : Map of the effigy mounds in the college grounds, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beloit College Mounds
Beloit College Mounds submitted by durhamnature : Effigy mounds near Beloit water works, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beloit College Mounds
Beloit College Mounds submitted by durhamnature : map showing the College mounds and other mounds around Beloit, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

Beloit College Mounds
Beloit College Mounds submitted by durhamnature : Henderson mound at Beloit, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Community Room at Beloit Historical Society
Community Room at Beloit Historical Society
City of Beloit Police Chief, Andre Sayles
Community Action Inc Director, Marc Perry
Deputy Community Development Director, Teri Downing
Industrial Parking at the Iron Works Garage [IMG_1082]

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