<< Text Pages >> Old Town (Franklin) - Ancient Village or Settlement in United States in The South
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Multi-periodSite Name: Old Town (Franklin) Alternative Name: Ancient Old TownCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 9.089 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Franklin, TN
Latitude: 36.041190N Longitude: 86.93109W
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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Ancient Village or Settlement in The South
Quote from Gregory L. Little, Ed.D. on X (Twitter): "Old Town near Nashville, Tennessee. Around 100 stone box graves were excavated at this site which is dated to around AD 1100. The large truncated mounds and the surrounding wall have been all but obliterated." Reprinted with permission of the author.
Directions:
From Nashville: 20.6 mi southwest via I-40 and TN 251.
Address:
2031 Old Natchez Trace, Franklin, TN 37069
Further reading and information:
https://oldtownfranklin.com/history/ancient-era/
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