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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Giant City Stone Fort Site Alternative Name: Giant City SiteCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 12.164 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Makanda, IL
Latitude: 37.623333N Longitude: 89.196944W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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All ten were constructed atop either promontories or hilltops; the Giant City site is in the former group, as it sits atop a sloped ridge. The purpose of these enclosures is unclear; while archaeologists originally theorized that they were military fortifications, the present archaeological consensus suggests that the sites were used as meeting places or ceremonial locations of some nature.[2]
The original stone wall of the fort was dismantled by European settlers in the region, who used the stone as a building material; the stone base is all that remains of the original wall. In 1934, the Civilian Conservation Corps reconstructed the wall while improving the state park. The first professional archaeological investigations of the site were conducted in 1956 by archaeologists from Southern Illinois University, while the first in-depth survey of the site took place in 2000–2001.[2] The site is accessible to park visitors via a nature trail.[3]. Source: Wikipedia (see link below).
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 9, 2002.[1]
References:
1. National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Wagner, Mark (April 30, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Giant City Stone Fort Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
3. Giant City Trail Information. Giant City State Park. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
Further reading and information:
Wikipedia
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Stone Fort description and trail guide .pdf
Directions: From Makanda, IL via Makanda Rd. and Stonefort Rd., 1.2 mi.
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