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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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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.
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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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.
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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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 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) - 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.
Old King Barrows
Date Added: 19th Jan 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Old King Barrows submitted by TimPrevett on 10th Oct 2006. Old King Barrows are a more sparsely grouped cluster than the New, and as typical of most of them, either closed in by, or topped by Beech Trees.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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.
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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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.
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