Featured: How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

Random Image


Los Osos Back Bay

Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe, Scarre

Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe, Scarre

Who's Online

There are currently, 86 guests and 0 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Other Photo Pages >> Giant City Stone Fort Site - Hillfort in United States

Submitted by AKFisher on Tuesday, 12 September 2023  Page Views: 2073

Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Giant City Stone Fort Site Alternative Name: Giant City Site
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 46.601 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Makanda, IL
Latitude: 37.623333N  Longitude: 89.196944W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

Internal Links:
External Links:

Giant City Stone Fort Site
Giant City Stone Fort Site submitted by AKFisher : Giant City State Park, Illinois depicting stone wall structure. Photo credit: Wiki (Tripp), Creative Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Giant City Stone Fort Site is the site of a prehistoric stone enclosure located within Giant City State Park in Jackson County, Illinois, United States. The Stone Fort dates to the Late Woodland period and was constructed and used in the period from c. AD 600–900; it is one of ten such sites known in Southern Illinois.

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.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Giant City Stone Fort Site
Giant City Stone Fort Site submitted by AKFisher : Giant City Stone Fort Site, Stone Fort Rd. Makanda. Credit: Wiki: (Dazspell), Creative Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr
Cleft Phlox in Context
Virginia Spiderwort Close-up
Dwarf Larkspur in Context
Blue Phlox Decorated with Fallen Oak Flowers
Eroded Sandstone Wall
Cut-leaved Toothwort Close Up

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 34.9km WNW 302° Cleiman Mound and Village Site* Artificial Mound
 73.1km S 173° Wickliffe Mounds* Ancient Village or Settlement
 76.8km SE 140° Rowlandton Mound Site* Artificial Mound
 80.1km E 83° Great Salt Spring Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 80.7km WNW 297° Common Fields* Artificial Mound
 86.7km SE 134° Kincaid Mounds* Ancient Village or Settlement
 90.4km WNW 303° Modoc Rock Shelter* Cave or Rock Shelter
 103.4km S 182° Towosahgy Ancient Village or Settlement
 105.7km E 81° Slack Farm Ancient Village or Settlement
 107.0km S 176° O'Bayum's Fort* Artificial Mound
 110.6km ENE 67° Wilson Mounds and Village Site* Artificial Mound
 113.2km ENE 79° Hovey Lake Village Ancient Village or Settlement
 115.1km ENE 74° GE. Mound Artificial Mound
 116.8km S 180° Adams Site* Artificial Mound
 122.0km SSW 197° Lilbourn Mound Ancient Village or Settlement
 123.3km NNW 336° Emerald Mound, Illinois* Artificial Mound
 123.6km ENE 74° Mann Site Misc. Earthwork
 133.7km NW 309° Mastodon State Historic Site* Museum
 136.5km NNW 327° Cahokia - Mound 66 Artificial Mound
 137.1km NNW 327° Cahokia - Mound 72* Artificial Mound
 137.3km NNW 327° Cahokia - Museum* Museum
 137.4km NNW 327° Cahokia - Mound 60* Artificial Mound
 137.4km NNW 327° Cahokia - Mound 55* Artificial Mound
 137.5km NNW 327° Cahokia - Mound 59* Artificial Mound
 137.6km NNW 327° Cahokia - Mounds 30 and 31 Artificial Mound
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Glenrock Buffalo Jump

Mummy Cave >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Children Of The Stones DVD

Children Of The Stones DVD

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Giant City Stone Fort Site" | Login/Create an Account | 0 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.