Twin Mounds & Parallel Walls

Twin Mounds & Parallel Walls (HMINC)

Location: Oregonia, OH 45054 Warren County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 24.491', W 84° 5.152'

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These circular twin mounds were excavated in the late 1800s and contained no human remains. Two shallow ditches extend from these earth mounds. One ditch connects to Randall Run on the north side of Fort Ancient, while the other connects with Cowen Run on the east and south sides of the site. Thus, the entire site is surrounded by either a river, stream and natural gully, or a ditch.

Parallel walls extended northeast from the twin mounds. These walls were approximately 2,700 feet in length and ended in an irregularly shaped circle around a small earth mound. The walls, three to four feet in height, 12 feet in width, and 140 feet apart, were distinct in the early 1800s. Only remnants could be seen in the 1920s along the fencerow at the woods. Today, after nearly two centuries of farming, they are no longer visible. The small earth mound inside the walls was excavated in 1893 but yielded no artifacts.

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Placed ByThe Ohio Historical Society
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Date Added Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 9:23pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 750904 N 4366127
Decimal Degrees39.40818333, -84.08586667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 24.491', W 84° 5.152'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 24' 29.46" N, 84° 5' 9.12" W
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Area Code(s)937, 513
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6558 OH-350, Oregonia OH 45054, US
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