Contributory members are able to log private notes and comments about each site
Sites Stonetracker has logged. View this log as a table or view the most recent logs from everyone
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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).
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
In...
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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).
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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"
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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
submitted by on .
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
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.