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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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Fuller Shell Mound Site
Date Added: 16th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Fuller Shell Mound Site submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Fuller Shell Mound site. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/the-fuller-site/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.
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Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Date Added: 16th Feb 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Old Cahawba Archaeological Park submitted by stonetracker on 16th Feb 2023. Portion of moat. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/old-cahawba/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.
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Choccolocco Creek Mounds
Date Added: 12th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Choccolocco Creek Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 16th Feb 2023. Reconstructed large mound. Same photo source as above.
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Coker Ford Site
Date Added: 12th Feb 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Coker Ford Site submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Archaelogical dig at Coker Ford site, date unknown. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/coker-ford-mound/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.
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Bessemer Mounds
Date Added: 11th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bessemer Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Excavation of one of the mounds in 1930s. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/bessemer/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.
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Oakville Mounds
Date Added: 9th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Oakville Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 16th Feb 2023. Burial mound. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/oakville-indian-mounds-park/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.
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Hopewell Mound Group
Date Added: 9th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hopewell Mound Group submitted by stonetracker on 5th Feb 2023. Interpretation for the largest known Hopewell burial mound ever built (Mound 25). It actually started as three mounds which were soon conjoined into one as burials and fill were added.
A floor plan from a 1920s excavation at the base of the mound shows fire pits, basins, post holes, and graves.
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Log Text: Intent of this trip was to see what was left of the square earthwork (nothing) and the mounds within the much larger enclosure (only a few slight rises above the field now). This site was not reconstructed, so what you see is the result of ~ 2000 yrs of erosion, plowing, etc.
Raleigh Mound
Date Added: 8th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Would like to visit
Raleigh Mound submitted by stonetracker on 7th Feb 2023. Creative Commons image of the northern side of the Raleigh Mound, located off W. Mound Street in Fredericktown OH.
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