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New Castle Complex
Date Added: 4th Dec 2023
Site Type: Henge
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
New Castle Complex submitted by AKFisher on 28th Aug 2023. 1937 survey of the New Castle Earthworks and mounds at New Castle, Indiana. There were 9 circular or C-shaped earthworks that had outer earthen walls with inner moats. There were 4 mounds and an odd ovoid earthwork enclosure with an inner moat with three large mounds inside the enclosure. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Parking is in a lot on Route 103 south of the Little Blue River just across from the old paved hospital access road, now abandoned and gated, but open to hiking. The grounds comprising the complex are now owned by the Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area. The old paved hospital road leads to the section containing sites 1-4 and there is a side trail presumably leading south and east to what's left of the remaining sites which I did not try to explore.
In general, anything off of the hospital access road was extremely overgrown in October 2023. I was unable to find sites 2-4, and may only have found a part of the mound at site 1. The only time to find anything here may be in winter when the leaves are off the trees as there are no obvious trails and bushwhacking is required.
Hodgen's Cemetery Mound
Date Added: 25th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Hodgen's Cemetery Mound submitted by AKFisher on 20th Oct 2023. Hodgen's Cemetery Mound in Tiltonsville, Ohio. It is an Adena burial mound generally dated to 500 BC-AD 500. In the mid-1800s locals started using the mound as a cemetery, which saved the mound from excavations. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Windsor Mounds
Date Added: 18th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Windsor Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 19th Nov 2023. Site map
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Log Text: This site has dedicated parking lot rather than a simple pulloff. The lot is just south of the main road and Mound A is right next to it (west of lot). Virtually drive by access when leaves are off the trees and a very short walk when they aren't.
Didn't have time to visit any of the other mounds, which are a forest hike from the lot. Next time. ;-)
Bayou Pierre Mounds
Date Added: 17th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Bayou Pierre Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 10th Aug 2023. Sole surviving mound at the Bayou Pierre site in Mississippi. It is a 16-ft high platform mound constructed in AD 1000. It was focused on a large plaza area surrounded by an expansive village covering over a square mile. It was used until AD 1350. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: When the leaves are off the trees, Mound A is visible about 100 yds NE of the site parking pulloff on Old Mill Rd. In other seasons, it is walking accessible via an abandoned road about 100-200 yds S of the pulloff.
I was unable to locate Mound B as described, so it has likely eroded past the point of surface recognition. Mound D is located about 1/2 mile away, but I did not have a definitive location and did not try to find it.
Glass Mounds (Mississippi)
Date Added: 16th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Glass Mounds (Tennessee) submitted by AKFisher on 9th Aug 2023. One of the two mounds at the Glass Mounds site near Nashville, Tennessee. They were made around AD 200.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: There is a parking pulloff on US Route 61 with site interpretation. However, the mounds are not walking-accessible from Route 61 and two of them (A and D) can only be viewed at a long distance from that highway (the remaining mounds were destroyed some time ago). It may be possible to see the same mounds at much closer range via back roads and a rail line, but I did not investigate.
Haynes Bluff Mounds
Date Added: 8th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Haynes Bluff Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 3rd Aug 2023.
Haynes Bluff mounds marker and mound.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Mound A is right next to a road pulloff near a large pulp and paper facility. Mound C, at the junction of a railroad line and the same road, has been damaged by the tracks which cut partially through it. It is about 500 ft south of Mound A. The two remaining mounds are gone.
Aden Mounds
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Aden Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 10th Aug 2023. Aden Mounds, Mississippi. There are 3 mounds at this site arranged around a large, rectangular plaza area. Two are rectangular platform mounds 10-ft high. One was built around AD 200 and the others in AD 850. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: There is a parking pulloff next to the farm field where the mounds are located. The closest mound is about 100 ft from the historical marker. Both mounds degraded but clearly visible.
Cary Mounds
Date Added: 4th Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cary Mounds submitted by AKFisher on 1st Aug 2023. Cary Mound, Mississippi. There were 4 mounds here but only one platform mound exists today.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Mound is in a residential neighborhood. Can park at the historical marker and walk 100 ft to the mound base.
Rolling Fork Mounds
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2
Rolling Fork Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 3rd Nov 2023. Topo contour map of the two extant mounds. Mound A, the taller one, is under the word "Fork" and Mound B is just to the lower left.
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Log Text: In late Oct 2023, I attempted to find these mounds by walking west from a car pulloff on Rte 61 and also north from a field road next to two brick silos. I did not attempt to walk in east from Parkway Rd, which as Dr. Little's photos suggest, may provide easier access to Mound B. The entire area was extremely overgrown and nearly impassible, so I abandoned the search.
It may be easier in winter, once the vegetation dies back.
Carter Mounds
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Carter Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 2nd Nov 2023. Mound B on the left and Mound A on the right in Oct 2023
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Log Text: Can drive to within 100 ft of Mound B (Mound A is 100 ft behind B and to its right). Parking is available in a pulloff next to the historical marker.
Law Mounds
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Law Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 1st Nov 2023. Another zoomed view of Mound A from 1000 ft away, in late Oct.
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Log Text: Visited Oct 2023. Spotted Mound A as described, about 1000 ft south of the Yazoo Refuge Rd in a cultivated field with no public access. The two remaining mounds appear to be gone.
Anguilla Mound
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Anguilla Mound submitted by AKFisher on 1st Aug 2023.
Anguilla Mound, Mississippi. It was the focal point of a large village constructed around AD 1000. It is now 20 feet high but soil on the top was removed years ago.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Visited in Oct 2023. Site on private property in a residential neighborhood about 100 yds from the road and sign. Easily viewed from the street.
Swan Lake Mounds
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Swan Lake Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 31st Oct 2023. In contrast to Dr. Little's photo of Mound A, here is the same mound in Oct 2023. The mound itself is covered with vegetation and access to the mound was impossible due to heavy overgrowth surrounding it.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. The mounds are in the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge, which is publicly accessible. Access roads in the refuge vary from very rough gravel (eastern side) to some paved (western side). Approaching from Foote village on the western side via the refuge road is probably the least punishing on a vehicle
Mounds (Indiana) - Circle Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mounds (Indiana) - Circle Mound submitted by bat400 on 23rd Oct 2006. Mounds - Circle Mound Enclosure
A stitched photo. The viewer is standing before the entrance, looking due west, into the enclosure.
Photo: bat400 Oct 2006.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. There is parking nearby at the Woodland Shelter (see park map) and a short walk across a mowed field to the site.
Windsor Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Ambience 3
Windsor Mound submitted by bat400_photo on 15th Jul 2018. A view of Windsor Mound from a county road to the south.
"Southern side of the Windsor Mound, located off Windsor Road south of Parker City in Stoney Creek Township, Randolph County, Indiana, United States. Built by the prehistoric Adena culture, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places."
"Date Taken on 11 July 2011"
"Source Own work"
"Author Nyttend"
"I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. The mound is on private land (no access) in a wooded area at the rear of a cultivated field, approximately 200-300 yds north of the road. There are no parking pulloffs, but it is in a relatively unpopulated area with no traffic.
Cambridge City Henge Complex
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Henge
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes
Cambridge City Henge Complex submitted by stonetracker on 30th Oct 2023. A Google Maps satellite view of the two henges. The southern henge's center is marked with a colored pin.
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Log Text: In a late Oct 2023 visit I was unable to spot the henges at either the stated location or in the general vicinity, which is in a cultivated field on private property approximately 200-300 yds north of Goose Heaven Rd near the junction of N. Cambridge Rd. It has either eroded away to the point of no return or I was in a bad viewing spot.
Update: Later, I did find a satellite view of the site from Google Maps that clearly shows both henges (see photos section). So it's likely that they are very low to the ground and can only be seen from above.
Arcola Mounds
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Arcola Mounds submitted by Dodomad on 30th Jul 2023. The 3 large mounds comprising the Arcola, Mississippi mound complex.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: Visited this site again in late Oct 2023. No changes but managed to take photos/videos from a better angle to view all three mounds.
Mounds State Park (Indiana) - Earthwork D
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Mounds (Indiana) - Earthwork D submitted by bat400 on 23rd Oct 2006. Mounds - Earthwork D.
"Lost" until 1988 when underbrush was removed from the site. Woods now block a clear view between the Great Mound and the center of this smaller, now shallow earthwork. The winter solstice sunset falls beyond the center of this enclosure when viewed from the center of the Great Mound. The forest debris slowly filled in the ditch within the outer embankment ring.
Photo: bat400 Oct 2006.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. This is ~ 150 yds or so southwest of the Great Mound, about 100 ft NE off of a side trail. Requires a bit more walking than the other earthworks closer to the Great Mound.
Mounds (Indiana) - Fiddleback Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mounds (Indiana) - Fiddleback Mound submitted by bat400 on 23rd Oct 2006. Mounds - Fiddleback Enclosure
The enclosure is oblong with a constricted middle; it's difficult to see from a single observation point on the ground. The summer solstice sunset falls beyond this enclosure when viewed from the center of the Great Mound.
Photo: bat400 Oct 2006.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. Ditch, embankment, and middle "pinch points" clearly visible. The earthwork is just to the west of the Great Mound and easily accessed via trail.
Mounds (Indiana) - Earthwork B
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mounds (Indiana) - Earthwork B submitted by bat400 on 23rd Oct 2006. Mounds - Earthwork B.
The earthwork is oval, with an "entrance" on each end, and very small, only 8-9 feet long. It is in the immediate foreground, only an indentation. The Great Mound can be seen in the background, behind the rail fence.
Photo: bat400 Oct 2006.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. Just SE of the Great Mound and a 1/4 to 1/2 mile walk via paved trail from the visitor's center.