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 | The Great Circle Earthworks, formerly known as Moundbuilders State Memorial, was built by the Hopewell culture approximately 2000 years ago. The circle is nearly 1200 feet in diameter and was used as a vast ceremonial center by its builders.
The Great Circle is one part of the Newark Earthworks State Memorial, the largest system of connected geometric earthworks built anywhere in the world. Octagon Earthworks and Wright Earthworks are both additional local sites that preserve other features of this majestic remnant of prehistoric Ohio. |
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Great for the imagination
My grandmother lived just two houses up Williams Street from the park in the middle of the last century. My brother and I, our cousins, our friends, all loved going to the mounds and imagining what it was like centuries before, hiking around the mounds, visiting the circle center. Although its history has changed since then, it still could be a great place for children with imaginations about pioneer days and earlier.
Written by harry
16-Jun-2008
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| Cottages and Cabins | |  | The Ohio Outback Lodge - McConnelsville, OH
In the heart of Ohio the Outback Lodge is located in Southeast Ohio, just minutes from the beautiful Muskingum River. The 2,200 square foot Lodge is constructed of Pine Logs, full basement, beautiful rural setting. It has wooded area as well as a creek and pond. This is a beautiful outdoor vacation spot.
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| Wyrick's Letter to Joseph Henry - THE NEWARK HEBREW STONES: Wyrick's Letter to Joseph Henry. J. Huston McCulloch. This article originally appeared in Midwest Epigraphic Journal Vol. 6 (1989), pp. 5-10. The history of the five... | | Dowsing for Ancient Alignments - DOWSING FOR ANCIENT ALIGNMENTS. Table of Contents. Dowsing Experiments. Introduction. Initial Experiments. Lingering Impressions. Ancient Alignments. Dowsing at Indian Mounds in Ohio. Galbreath... | | Travel Ohio - ... -0441 Labor Day Week-end, September Moundbuilders State Memorial and Indian Art Museum (LICKING ... studied by historians and scientists. Moundbuilders State Memorial exhibits objects in many media, ... | | Visit OHS - The Newark Earthworks - NEWARK EARTHWORKS HOME. GREAT CIRCLE. OCTAGON. WRIGHT. HOURS. ADMISSION. LOCATION. GENERAL INFORMATION. SITE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. The Great Circle Earthworks. The Great Circle Earthworks,... | | Visit OHS - The Newark Earthworks - NEWARK EARTHWORKS HOME. GREAT CIRCLE. OCTAGON. WRIGHT. HOURS. ADMISSION. LOCATION. GENERAL INFORMATION. SITE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. The Wright Earthworks. Part of Newark Earthworks State Memorial,... | | Archaeological Parks in the Heartland (U.S.) - Web sites for archaeological parks in central United States. | | Hopewell (Pg 2); shelby county ohio historical society - Hopewell Artifacts, Tools and Mounds. Indian Art An important piece of Indian art known as a Popeyed birdstone was found in 1935 in Franklin Township of Shelby County, Ohio. It is now in the... | | ARCHAEOGEODESY, PART TWO, by James Q. Jacobs - Archaeogeodesy encompasses prehistoric and ancient place determination, point positioning, navigation, astronomy, and measure and representation of the earth and geodynamic phenomena. | | Area Campgrounds | | | | Area Fishing Related Businesses | | Sak's Cascade Market
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