<< Our Photo Pages >> Cahokia - Woodhenge - Timber Circle in United States in Great Lakes Midwest
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cahokia - WoodhengeCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Timber Circle
Nearest Town: Collinsville
Latitude: 38.659920N Longitude: 90.0753W
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| 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 |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Within the Cahokia complex, evidence of a large timber circle has been uncovered. The circle which is thought to date to around 1000AD originally had 48 cedar posts and a diameter measuring 410 feet.
Around the post holes were traces of red ochre, which probably means the structure had been painted red. The function of all the posts is not known, however, from the central post 3 of the outer posts line up to the equinoxes and the solstices at mid summer and mid winter. The timber circle has recently been reconstructed with 40 posts been set in position. Because of its similarity to Woodhenge in Wiltshire, the Cahokia timber circle has been given the same name.
The circle was built at this location four separate times, with various numbers of posts in each construction phase. In some constructions only the center post and an arc in two or more directions was in place. The reconstructed henge is the ca. 1000AD version. If the circle were complete it would contain 48 posts, but the construction is minus the extreme western chord (which lies on land outside the Cahokia Mounds Park.) The other three timber circles were all in this general area, but were not centered at the same point.
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