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Multi-periodSite Name: Circleville
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 12.877 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Columbus, OH Nearest Village: Circleville, OH
Latitude: 39.601900N Longitude: 82.9451W
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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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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
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Bandita visited on 1st Jan 1973 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3

bat400 visited - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 2 Access: 5

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**Circleville** submitted by bat400 : Local historian Wallace Higgins suspects that the slight rise on the south side of Franklin Street may be the remnant of the square earthwork. Photo by bat400, August 2011. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Misc. Earthwork in Pickaway County, Ohio.
The town was founded in 1810 and was originally platted directly on an ancient geometric earthwork, with a street layout that preserved and highlighted the large 1140 foot diameter circle earthwork with an interior ditch and smaller interior circle. A 900 foot square earthwork was attached to the double circle on its south side. The ancient structure has been attributed to the Hopewell culture.

In the 1820's the earthwork wall height was approximately 5 feet in most placed. Circleville Ohio lies on the east bank of the Scioto River. The original courthouse was built at the center of the circular earthwork.

In the 1830's some residents formed a company, authorized the the Ohio state legislature, to "square" the layout of streets into a conventional grid. The original layout and its preservation of the mounds was felt to be too sentimental, "peculiar", and inconvenient. The work was completed in the 1850's and obliterated the remaining earthworks.

The intersection of Main and Court Streets is the center of the original circle. However, there is no evidence left of the earthworks or even the original street plan. Local historian Wallace Higgins suspects that the slight rise on the south side of Franklin Street may be the remnant of the square earthwork.
The Pickaway County Historical Society has a model of the original street plan on display.

Sources:

"Circleville, OH," OhioPix website: Circleville, OH.

City of Circleville website: City of Circleville.

Conversation with Mr. Wallace Higgins, Circleville, OH, 25 June 2011.

Ohio History Cental website:
Circleville Earthworks.
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