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. 279 R 83.00 14.2 Top of fifty-tifth wall. 280 R 83.35 50.4 On fifty-fifth wall; incurve. 281 R 77.55 47.6 On fifty-fifth wall; incurve. 282 R 69.50 44.7 On fifty-fifth wall; incurve. 282 to 283 R 6.10 117.7 End of fifty-fifth wall. 284 R 10.45 17 Center of fifty-fifth opening. 285 R 20.30 30 Top of fifty-sixth wall. This is what is usually given as a “ mound,” at the west of the entrance to “old fort ” 286 R 34.30 48.8 End of wall fifty-six, on top, next to road at entrance. 286 to 287 R 102.45 28* Center of fifty-sixth opening, the en- trance to old fort. 288 R 63.30 20.8 Bottom of fifty-sixth wall. 102 R 98.30 54.2* [Measured from Sta. 286.J On twenty- third wall. 289 R 8.45 65.6 [Measured from Sta. 288.] Top of ra- vine between fifty-sixth wall, the last of the old fort, and fifty-seventh wall, the first (on the west) of the new fort (going from the south). There is no indication of artificial work between fifty-sixth wall and the ravine. [Measured from Sta. 286, it is 34.9 feet to bottom of wall; thence, in same line, 44.2 feet to Sta. 289.] 290 R 8.45 99.4 Beginning of fifty-seventh wall, on op- posite side of ravine. The wall has caved back to some extent from the washing out of the ravine. 291 R 12.25 40 On fifty-seventh wall. 290 to 99 R 122.00 123* Across isthmus, to last wall of new fort, on the east. 291 to 292 R 31.45 78.4 On fifty-seventh wall. 293 R 26.00 57.6 On fifty-seventh wall; slight incurve. 294 R 20.10 34.6 On fifty-seventh wall; incurve. 295 R 11.45 26.6 On fifty-seventh wall; sharp incurve. 296 R 3.15 26.2 On fifty-seventh wall; slight outcurve. 297 L 8.05 37.1 On fifty-seventh wall; slight outcurve. 298 L 19.15 50 On fifty-seventh wall; incurve. 298 to 299 L 55.30 24 Highest point on fifty-seventh wall, overlooking valley; very sharp turn in wall. 300 L 31.45 14.7 End of fifty-seventh wall. 301 L 3.00 20.7 Center of fifty-seventh opening. 302 R 14.10 17.9 Top of fifty-eighth wall. 303 R 38.15 56.5 On fifty-eighth wall. 304 R 46.00 56.9 On fifty-eighth wall; incurve. 305 R 46.15 63.9 On fifty-eighth wall; incurve. 306 R 47.15 159.8 On fifty-eighth wall. 307 R 46.45 31.6 On fifty-eighth wall, at middle of a de- pression where wall has been built across head of a ravine, which has filled in level above.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24881740_0222.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
