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Pre-ColumbianSite Name: Highbanks Mound II Alternative Name: Orchard Mound, Selvey MoundCountry: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Columbus, OH
Latitude: 40.148060N Longitude: 83.02465W
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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This small mound is only a few feet high and about 45 feet in diameter, but was much reduced by plowing when the park was still farmland. There has been no scientific excavation or dating. Given the mound’s location and general appearance it seems typical of the Adena type of earthwork.
The mound can be seen along a trail that starts across the park entrance road from the Highbanks Metropark Nature Center. The “Dripping Rock Trail” may be hiked during daylight hours when the park is open. The Highbanks Metropark entrance is off Ohio State Road 23.
[Some information from Metropolitan Park District of Columbus and Franklin County, and Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, Susan L Woodward and Jerry N McDonald. 2002, the McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg VA.]
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