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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Highbanks Park Works Alternative Name: Orange Township Works, High Bank Works
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Columbus, OH
Latitude: 40.140190N Longitude: 83.0288W
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**Highbanks Park Works** submitted by bat400 : Highbanks Earthworks. Remains of an earthen embankment and ditch on the fourth side of a village site. The other three sides were protected by sharp drop offs. Photo- bat400 4 Nov 2007. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Franklin County, Ohio. The earthwork surrounds an area at the top of a 100 foot cliff that overlooks the Oletangy River. It consists of an outer ditch and an inner embankment, with three gaps.

It is assumed that the works were constructed by a culture designated as the “Cole Tradition”. This group of people (known by pottery styles and stonework) built protective earthworks around village sites, some of which are dated between 80 AD and 1300 AD.

The earthworks and the river overlook are at the end of a 2 mile long, gravel and wood chip faced trail, the “Overlook Trail.” The trail begins at the park’s Oak Coves Picnic Area and may be hiked to the earthworks during daylight hours when the park is open. Highbanks Metropark also has a small nature center with some displays on the park’s prehistory near the park entrance (off of Ohio State Road 23.)

[Some information from the Metropolitan Park District of Columbus and Franklin County, and Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, Susan L Woodward and Jerry N McDonald. 2002, the McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg VA.]
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**Highbanks Park Works - Highbank** submitted by bat400 : The "High Bank" above the Olentangy River. Photo- bat400 4 Nov 2007. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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