Fort Ancient : the great prehistoric earthwork of Warren County, Ohio / compiled from a careful survey, with an account of its mounds and graves, a topographical map, thirty-five full-page phototypes, and surveying notes in full, by Warren K. Moorehead.
- Warren K. Moorehead
- Date:
- 1890
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Fort Ancient : the great prehistoric earthwork of Warren County, Ohio / compiled from a careful survey, with an account of its mounds and graves, a topographical map, thirty-five full-page phototypes, and surveying notes in full, by Warren K. Moorehead. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Stations. Bearing. Dist. 238 R 36.30 53 End of forty-eighth wall, on top. 239 K 37.10 40.3 Center of forty-eighth opening. 240 R 38.00 63 Top of forty-ninth wall. There is a gradual slope to this station from Sta 239, and an abrupt one from this to the next [241]. 241 R 38.30 18 Center of forty-ninth opening. 242 R 38.25 25.8 Top of fiftieth wall. 242 to 243 R 32.55 149.5 On fiftieth wall. 244 R 35.00 47 On fiftieth wall. 245 R 38.50 64.2 On fiftieth wail. 246 R 42.00- 35.3 End of fiftieth wall, on top. 246 to 247 R 62.45 66 End of fiftieth wall, at bottom, at the north-west corner of “old fort,’’ over- looking the Miami valley. 248. R 86.45 17.7 Middle of a shallow depression, over the angle at corner of fort, leading, by a gradual slope, down to the river. 249 R 97.15 15 ; Top point of fifty-first wall, which unites here with the fiftieth wall, to form the point or angle [Sta. 248]. 250 R 150.30 61.2 Middle of depression in fifty-first wall, where it has crossed a ravine near its head. The hole thus left above has filled up with muck. 251 R 163.30 71.5 On fifty-first wall; incurve. 252 R 160.30 94.5 On fifty-first wall. 252 to 253 R 112.15 54.3 End of fifty-first wall. 254 R 107.20 13.8 Center of fifty-first opening. 255 R 94.45 18.7 Top of fifty-second wall. 265 to 256 R 71.15 97.7 On fifty-second wall. 257 R 73.30 21 End of fifty-second wall, on top. 258 R 87.50 48 Center of fifty-second opening; out- curve. 259 R 85.20 21.7 Top of fifty-third wall. 260 R 88.05 45 On fifty-third wall; outcurve. 261 R 95.00 32.5 On fifty-third wall; outcurve. 262 R 104.45 80.7 On fifty-third wall. 263 R 105.30 34.6 On fifty-third wall;* sharp incurve. 264 R 71.30 37.9 On fifty-third wall; incurve. 265 R 55.20 48 On fifty-third wall; incurve. 265 to 266 R 30.15 48.8 End of fifty-third wall, on top, incurve 266 to 266x R 30.15 24.5 End of fifty-third wall, at bottom. 265 to 267 R 37.20 14.6 [Measured from Sta. 266.] Center of fifty-third opening. 268 R 44.40 9.7 Top of fifty-fourth wall. 269 R 61.00 19.3 On fifty-fourth wall. 270 R 106.10 67.2 On fifty-fourth wall; incurve. 271 R 113.10 32.9 On fifty-fourth wall; incurve. 272 R 113.12 45.6 On fifty-fourth wall; incurve. • 273 R 110.40 26.1 On fifty-fourth wall; incurve. 274 R 104.20 27 On fifty-fourth wall; incurve. 274 to 275 R 34.00 35.5 On fifty-fourth wall; outcurve. 276 R 69.45 38.2 On fifty-fourth wall; outcurve. 277 R 81.45 45.3 End of fifty-fourth wall; incurve. 278 R 82.30 18.9 Center of fiity-fourth opening.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24881740_0221.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
