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Mounds (Indiana) - Great Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Henge
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Mounds (Indiana) - Great Mound submitted by bat400 on 22nd Oct 2006. Mounds - The Great Mound.
View from the east with wild asters, the last flower of the season. The outer embankment wall prevents an outside viewer from seeing the central platform within. The exceptions are three dips in the embankment allowing a line of sight to the centers of three smaller earthwork enclosures surrounding the Great Mound.
Photo: bat400 Oct 2006.
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Log Text: Visited late Oct 2023. This earthwork remains relatively unchanged since the original description was written. See my comments for changes that have taken place and some clarifications.
Mathew Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Mathew Mound submitted by stonetracker on 23rd Oct 2023. Reasonably (although not 100 %) sure this is the mound, as it conforms to the description and there is no other obvious candidate in the vicinity.
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. This is very likely the location of the mound, as it matches the description and there are no other obvious candidates in the immediate area.
It is just north of the main administrative building in the Landmark Memorial Gardens, adjacent to a parking lot.
Benham Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Couldn't find
Benham Mound submitted by stonetracker on 22nd Feb 2023. The mound itself is in the woods on the hill and not shown in photo, courtesy of Wikipedia Creative Commons from 2012.
Comment from original poster:
"Looking southeast from Section Road at the Kincaid Road intersection in Amberley, Ohio, United States. In the woods at the top of the hill is the Benham Mound"
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Log Text: Visited in late Oct 2023. Was unable to locate, but had only approximate coordinates. It is somewhere on the hilltop at the end of Grand Vista Ave which is private property.
There is a mowed field in a town park at the jct of Kincaid and Section Rds. There is a trail at the rear of the field leading up the hill. However, I didn't see anything obvious near the top and would have had to battle heavy overgrowth to explore further. This may have to be visited in a season when there is less obscuring vegetation.
Norwood Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Norwood Mound submitted by stonetracker on 23rd Feb 2023. Creative Commons photo of mound
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Log Text: Visited late Oct 2023. In a city park and publicly accessible with some parking. Mound is in good condition.
Conrad Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
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Log Text: Visited late Oct 2023. On private property. Can be viewed 200-300 yds from the west via on-street parking on Rittenhouse Rd or from a side street to the south in a residential subdivision at 2709 Rittenhouse.
River View Cemetery Mounds
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
River View Cemetery Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 22nd Oct 2023. Main mound with signage.
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Log Text: Visited late Oct 2023. Main mound easily accessible in a traffic circle about 200 yds past the cemetery entrance. I was unable to positively locate the other mound (Lochry Massacre Mound) although I did locate the monument commemorating that historical event.
Reily Cemetery Mound
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Reily Cemetery Mound submitted by bat400 on 9th Oct 2006. There seems to be no record on an excavation of this mound. With the Reily village cemetery created around it, it has been protected, at what is believed to have been its original size and height.
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Log Text: Visited late Oct 2023. Site is located as described, still in good condition.
Chrysler Enclosure
Date Added: 31st Oct 2023
Site Type: Henge
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Chrysler Enclosure submitted by bat400 on 15th Jan 2007. Chrysler Enclosure, Henry County, IN.
Circular Earthwork Enclosure.
An earthen ring thrown up on the outside of a circular ditch, about 30 ft dia. The ditch is broken by an entry way sited to align the center of the enclosure with the winter solstice sunrise.
Photo by bat400 Oct 2006.
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Log Text: Visited late Oct 2023. Fairly well preserved earthwork in a traffic circle next to a public school. Lots of parking nearby in a town park, easy access.
Giant City Stone Fort Site
Date Added: 14th Sep 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States
Visited: Would like to visit
Giant City Stone Fort Site submitted by AKFisher on 28th Aug 2023. Giant City State Park, Illinois depicting stone wall structure. Photo credit: Wiki (Tripp), Creative Commons
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Bellows Falls Petroglyphs
Date Added: 16th Jul 2023
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 2
Bellows Falls Petroglyphs submitted by trylondm on 21st Sep 2010. Closeup of one panel
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Log Text: Saw at least one set of the markings from the bridge with binoculars. The yellow paint makes them easy to spot from high up. Took one look at the access from the outcrops and decided it was a bit too steep and rugged for my taste.
Rentschler Park Hilltop Enclosure
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Rentschler Park Hilltop Enclosure submitted by stonetracker on 1st Mar 2023. A colorized version of Squier and Davis's map. A detail of the southern gateway is shown on the left side of the image.
Image Credit: ScienceViews.com
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Log Text: The site is in a park (Rentschler Forest MetroPark) and open to the public. There are two parking areas: one on the south side and one on the north side near the river. I opted to walk in from the south side. Parking is available in a lot at the end of a side street off of Rentschler Estates Drive. Signage refers to the site as "Line Hill Mound." The gateway is slightly over 0.5 mile away on a flat, easy trail (Mound Trail) which can get muddy so boots are advised in rainy weather. See picture post for a map of the trail system.
I did not check the northern entrance (Reigart Rd) and trail system, but it may be an easier way to explore those parts of the enclosure near the Great Miami River.
Calvary Cemetery Hilltop Enclosure
Date Added: 1st Mar 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 1
Calvary Cemetery Hilltop Enclosure submitted by stonetracker on 1st Mar 2023. My photo from April 2022 of roughly the same area as the 1895 gully shot. The enclosure wall, if it exists, would be to the right of the fence in heavy brush on Carillon Historical Park property.
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Log Text: Access to both the cemetery and Carillon Historical Park is open to the public. There is a very steep trail from CHP to nearly the top of the bluff, but if there are any remains of the wall they are in a heavily overgrown, trail-less area along a ravine. It may be easier to spot in winter with less vegetation.
Luthor List Mound
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Luthor List Mound submitted by stonetracker on 23rd Feb 2023. Creative Commons photo from 2010. The mound is in a private field but easily viewable at distance from several streetside locations.
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Log Text: Regarding accessibility, the mound is now protected on a property known as the Bartley Preserve (see comments). But it can be easily viewed from several car-friendly vantage points.
One is at the end of the Mound Trail road that heads east off of Kingston Pike (CR-9) into the Kingston Mound Manor apartment complex. An even closer access point is the SE corner of the complex's parking lot. The mound is about 100 yds from the latter spot.
Hillside Haven Mound
Date Added: 22nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Hillside Haven Mound submitted by stonetracker on 22nd Feb 2023. Mound now much reduced in height, due to excavation and erosion.
Photo is courtesy of Wikipedia Creative Commons.
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McLaughlin Mound
Date Added: 21st Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
McLaughlin Mound submitted by stonetracker on 21st Feb 2023. Postcard of the mound, date uncertain. Shows the height of the mound above the facade of the crypt before it was drastically lowered.
Source: 1915 Ohio Archaeological Atlas.
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Sayler Story Mound
Date Added: 21st Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Couldn't find on 1st Oct 2021
Sayler Story Mound submitted by stonetracker on 21st Feb 2023. The "mystery mound" as of 2010. As of 2021, I was able to find nothing resembling this at the location given. The above-ground level portion mound has either been destroyed or the location listed is incorrect. Photo: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
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Log Text: Unclear whether the visible part of the mound was destroyed or the location taken from Wikipedia is wrong. But there was nothing visible.
Short Woods Park Mound
Date Added: 19th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Short Woods Park Mound submitted by stonetracker on 19th Feb 2023. View of mound in distance from Fernbank Ave.
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Log Text: Publicly viewable at a distance of 200-300 yds from residential roads, as the mound itself is on a private golf course.
Braddock Mound
Date Added: 19th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Braddock Mound submitted by stonetracker on 18th Feb 2023. Another old view of mound. Source same as above.
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Gulf State Park Shell and Sand Mounds
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Gulf State Park Shell and Sand Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Another shell mound.
Source courtesy of Greg Little author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Mound at Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson Park
Date Added: 16th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Mound at Fort Toulouse - Fort Jackson Park submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Artist's conception of site and village.
Source: Wikipedia Creative Commons.
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