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Multi-periodSite Name: Newark Earthworks - Octagon Alternative Name: Moundbuilders State MemorialCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Newark, Ohio
Latitude: 40.053167N Longitude: 82.446417W
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 |
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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 |
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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eforrest25 visited on 21st Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Viewing the Octagon is best done when the golf course that engulfed it has it's "open house" and visitors are invited to walk the course without fear of golf balls whizzing passed. The earthwork is so huge that pictures from the viewing platform really don't do it justice.
mfrincu visited on 2nd Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The entire place is a golf course which may contribute to its damage. There is a small platform from where you can see part of the octagon and observatory circle but it is too short. It should be at least as tall as the one at the Serpent Mound (another site). From the platform you can best view the passage way between the circle and the octagon.
rrmoser visited on 19th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Now a fn golf course with very limited access and since you cannot enter it you cannot experience it. View from small platform outside while golfers play...sad
bat400 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5
Earthen mounds are placed to block direct view into the enclosure at multiple "gateways". The Octagon is situated so that the eight corners align with points in the 18.6 year lunar cycle when viewed from a mound inside the attached Observaroty Circle, southwest of the Octagon portion of the earthwork.
The Octagon enclosure, like all the preserved portions of the Newark site is owned by the Ohio Historical Society. However, due to a lack of funding in the past, this area was leased to the Moundbuilders Country Club and is now part of a private golf course. Access to the enclosure interior and much of the site is limited. As the lunar alignment was discovered, the popularity of the site has increased, with unfortunate conflicts. Location given is for the viewing platform at the connecting "road" of the Octagon and its associated circle.
One can view the earthworks at all times from surrounding city streets, mainly on 30th Street from the east, and Parkview Drive from the south. A vertex of the Octagon can be seen at 30th and Ridgetown St. and at the "dead end" of Parker Drive. During daylight there is a public area with parking near a viewing platform and a trail that goes around a portion of the circle earthwork and the connection "road".
For more information, see Aluta's article and the Portal's 2009 interview with Richard Shiels, Director of the Newark Earthworks Center.
Note: Octagon Earthworks Open House, 31 July 2017, Noon to 4pm. See comments.
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