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Midhowe Broch
Date Added: 15th May 2023
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Midhowe Broch submitted by SandyG on 20th Sep 2015. Broch interior looking towards the entrance showing internal compartments denoted by large slabs. (3rd June 2015).
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Jarlshof
Date Added: 12th May 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Jarlshof submitted by LizH on 17th Nov 2004. This picture of Jarlshof shows the beautiful setting of the site, and I think the foreground is the bronze age buildings!
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Newark Earthworks - Great Circle
Date Added: 26th Aug 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Newark Earthworks submitted by aluta on 29th Apr 2005. A view from the center of the Great Circle Earthwork at Newark, Ohio, looking through the only entrance toward the museum on the grounds. The photo is taken from the low, broken-cross-shaped mound in the center. It is very difficult to get photos that give any sense of the whole at an earthwork this large.
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Log Text: I loved this place, although I suspect that visiting when the foliage is not so thick might help with seeing the definition of the ditch and bank. Although it is built a minimum of 1000 years after some of the ancient sites in the UK, its walls and deep ditch are reminiscent of the classic ditch and bank. More study also discloses astrological alignments here and at other locations in the Newark Earthwork complex. If anyone knows of any comparative studies, please comment or send message. It is beautifully kept.
Seip Mound
Date Added: 26th Aug 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Seip Mound submitted by durhamnature on 25th Jan 2013. Old photo from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org
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Log Text: The site is in much better shape than my first visit back in 1994, and now has a longer trail that moves through the entire complex down toward the Paint River. Not a lot is left undisturbed, but the mound has been rebuilt after a long ago excavation. There was a second mound that was not rebuilt. There is a wall that partially encloses the area.
Serpent Mound, Ohio
Date Added: 31st Aug 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Serpent Mound, Ohio submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Old photo, from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org
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Log Text: I visited this site back in 1993 or so. It is perhaps in better shape now than it was then. One addition to that time are markers for astronomical alignments that are based on the coils of the snake. Still very peaceful and worth the view.
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site
Date Added: 31st Aug 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2006. Hopewell Culture NHP, Mound City Group.
Inside the main enclosure, this is a view looking toward the west. The large mound farthest back is the "Central Mound," the largest of the group. Closer is an elliptical mound, and a smaller conical mound is closest.
* The "Central Mound" was erected over the remains of two timber buildings with 13 cremated burials. Artifacts found included falcon effigies cut from copper sheets and fragments of human skull that had been cut and drilled (perhaps ...
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Log Text: The National Park Service has done an excellent job of preserving and expanding the site since the last time I visited there in 1994. I don't remember the enclosing walls having been visible at that time due to shrubs and foliage. The visitors is very good and has an excellent film which talks about the various other Hopewell and Adena sites in the area.
Newark Earthworks - Octagon
Date Added: 31st Aug 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Newark Earthworks - Octagon submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Old drawing from "Mississippi Valley..." via archive.org
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Log Text: Viewing the Octagon is best done when the golf course that engulfed it has it's "open house" and visitors are invited to walk the course without fear of golf balls whizzing passed. The earthwork is so huge that pictures from the viewing platform really don't do it justice.
Fort Ancient
Date Added: 31st Aug 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Fort Ancient submitted by bat400 on 21st Sep 2007. These are twin mounds placed outside what seems to have been a main entrance to the north east. About where I am standing there was the south leg of two parallel earthworks, marking an "avenue". Between the twin mounds the "entry" was paved with stone. This pavement arrangement is also seen at the Old Stone Fort in Tennessee. A modern road goes through the northern section at this point, following the path of what was a pre-contact trail.
Photo by bat400, 15 Sept 2007
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Log Text: Fort Ancient takes some effort to find, but once inside the gates, the walls that go on for miles and which can be seen from the roadside are impressive. The best time to see it would be when the foliage and summer growth are not so dense. From the car, there is not much to see, but the "overlooks" are drivable with short walks. There is a small mound with both lunar and solar alignments to larger mounds at the entrance of the park. Excellent museum.
Grave Creek Mound
Date Added: 26th Aug 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Mid Atlantic)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Grave Creek Mound submitted by durhamnature on 20th Jan 2013. Old picture from "Prehistoric America; The Mound Builders" via archive.org
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Log Text: The mound is impressive by any standards and a good introduction to the ancient sites further west and south.