WORKS V DEFENCE. 3.') 



The water flowing through the ditch has formed deep gulhes at the points where 

 it terminates. Tlic soil is here clayey and hard. The level at the foot of the 

 promontory upon which this work stands, is the first or latest-formed terrace of 

 the Scioto ; indicating that the river, at one period, swept along where the Ohio 

 canal now passes. 



l^LATE XIU. No. 1. 



[ From tlic Rafinesque MSS. J 



This work, which seems incontestibly of a defensive character, is situated on 

 Stoner's creek, at the mouth of Flat Run, in Bourbon county, Kentucky. The 

 wall throughout is composed of earth, and is slight, not exceeding three or four 

 feet in height. A number of mounds and excavations occur within the enclosure, 

 together with other remains, consisting of raised outlines, two or three feet broad 

 and one foot high. These ajre indicated by the letter a, and ai'e denominated 

 " remains of dwellings " by Rafinesque. Twenty of them are found within, and 

 fourteen without the walls ; the latter occupying the point of land to the north of 

 the enclosure. The larger one is called " the palace " by our fanciful authority, 

 and is represented to be eighty feet long by seventy-five broad. To the north of 

 " the palace " is an elliptical, hollow area, fifteen feet deep ; it is indicated by the 

 letter c, A number of irregular excavations are marked by the letter d. The 

 Lexington road passes through this work. 



PLATE XIU. No. -2.* 



[ From tlic Surveys and Notes of James McBklde. ) 



This work is one of the first magnitude ; and in many respects bears a close 

 resemblance to the great work on the North fork of Paint creek. (See Plate IX.) 

 It is situated near the village of Coleraine, Hamilton county, Ohio, on the right 

 bank of the Great Miami river, and encloses an area of ninety-five acres. The 

 walls have an average height of nine feet, and have an exterior ditch of propor- 

 tionate dimensions. The terrace upon which the work is located is thirty feet 

 above the usual stage of water in the river. 



* This work is marked C, iit tlie map of a " Scclion of six miles oj the Miami valley,^' Plate III 



