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<< Other Photo Pages >> Wiliamson Mound - Misc. Earthwork in United States in Great Lakes Midwest

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 12 September 2010  Page Views: 3609

Multi-periodSite Name: Wiliamson Mound Alternative Name: Indian Mound Reserve, Williamson Mound State Memorial
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Dayton, OH  Nearest Village: Cedarville, OH
Latitude: 39.743920N  Longitude: 83.82814W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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
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Wiliamson Mound
Wiliamson Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). Williamson Mound in Ohio from the air in 1934. (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of the larger remaining mounds in Ohio, Williamson has been attributed to the Adena culture, based on appearance and placement alone. The mound is just under 30 feet high and approximately 150 feet in diameter.

The mound is at the end of a well maintained trail, just under a mile from a parking area.

A National Register of Historic Places site.

Sources include:
Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley, S. Woodward and J. McDonald, 2002.
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Wiliamson Mound
Wiliamson Mound submitted by AKFisher : Williamson Mound in a park at Cedarville, Ohio. It is a 30-foot tall Adena mound, never excavated. dated to 500 BC. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wiliamson Mound
Wiliamson Mound submitted by AKFisher : Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016). View from the top of the Williamson Mound near Xenia, Ohio. It is an unexcavated Adena mound dated to 500 BC. You have to walk about 1.2 miles through a forest to see this mound. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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