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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Three Forks MarshCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 19.27 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Village: Palm Bay, FL
Latitude: 27.980000N Longitude: 80.755W
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 Brevard County, Florida. Three oval- shaped mounds about 100 feet long and six feet high. An estimation of age based on finds at the mounds is 5000 years old.
Note: Location given is for the Thomas O. Lawton Recreation Area, a park with parking and a picnic area. It is located approximately at the north-south center of the conservation area. The three mounds are somewhere within the northern half of the conservation area.
Note: See comment. Human burials stop levee building in wildlife conservation area.
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