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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Forest Hill Cemetery Alternative Name: Forest Hill Effigy MoundsCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Madison, WI
Latitude: 43.063570N Longitude: 89.43213W
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 |
0 | no data |
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The cemetery protects seven pre-European contact effigy mounds, dating from 700 to 1200 CE. The earthworks are shaped like a goose flying down a slope toward Lake Wingra, two panthers, and a linear shape. Three more linear mounds have been destroyed by cemetery development and the goose's head was destroyed by grading for the railroad.
The mound group is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 . Source: Wikipedia.
References:
1. Birmingham, Robert A. (2010). "Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes". Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 978-0-299-23264-1.
2. "Forest Hill Cemetery Native American Mound Group". Play Madison Parks: Historical Features. City of Madison. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill_Cemetery_(Madison%2C_Wisconsin) .
City of Madison ~ http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/find-a-park/cemetery/
Directions: From downtown Madison, via Regent St., 2.2 mi.
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