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feet in circumference; from northwest base to top, 70 feet, angle llO; 

 southeast to top, 44 feet, angle 15^; solid contents, 1,533 cubic yards; 

 height, 14^ feet. A view of the country to the southeast is here pre- 

 sented. 



Measuring due west and passing through two deep ravines we come 

 to fort (B), striking it at a, and removed from the mound a distance of 

 1,970 feet. This work is entirely surrounded by deep ravines, save a 

 narrow strip of land at the north. That part of the wall marked p c h 

 d e g ia in woodland. From p to h the wall is about 18 inches high ; 

 from h to d not over 12 inches, while from e to ^ it will average 32 inches. 

 A ditch in the interior extends from c to h, also from e to g. The highest 

 point of land is at p, thence the wall extends rapidly down the ravine 

 until it is almost level with the bottom at s, thence it rapidly rises to 

 €, then declines to g. From ^ to a the wall is entirely obliterated, that 

 part of the work having been under cultivation for the past forty years. 

 From e to b is a gradual ascent, the distance being 985 feet. The dis- 

 tance from a to b to c to d is 1,291 feet; from d to e 75 feet, and from e 

 to g 130 feet ; from a to & 300 feet, and from a direct to c 400 feet : 

 from the point c {B} we started directly west a distance of 1,875 feet, 

 as we measured it. This number must not be relied upon as being cor- 

 rect. Owing to the density of the underbrush on the west side of the 

 ravine we were forced to deviate from a straight line, but the result 

 was as near as we could reach it without cutting a straight path. At 

 the end of the distance measured, and between two small ravines, on 

 a piece of land sloping to the southeast, is an arc of a circle {C) 288 feet 

 in length. The wall has been plowed over for fifty years, yet is 2 feet 

 in height, with a base 20 feet in diameter, and accompanied by a ditch 

 in the interior. 



Measuring westward 1,993 feet, and through open grounds compara- 

 tively level, we reach the mound U. This mound is 332 feet in circum- 

 ference at the base ; from north side to top, 44 feet ; from south side to 

 top, 44 feet; across the top, 21 feet; slope angle, 34 degrees ; height, 

 24^ feet; solid contents, 2,516 cubic yards. It is perfectly symmetri- 

 cal ; commands a tine view of the surrounding country ; has never been 

 disturbed by i)low, pick, or shovel, and is one of the most beautiful 

 mounds in the State. It is surrounded by a circle 160 feet in diameter. 

 The circle, however, is plowed almost down to the general level of the 

 surface. There are indications of a gateway at the east. At a dis- 

 tance of 640 feet southeast of the mound is the circle J), 865 feet in 

 circumference. The original height of the wall was 10 feet. It is now 

 about 2 feet, and 40 feet in diameter at the base. The gateway is to- 

 wards the northeast. 



Due north of the mound a distance of about 300 feet was a walled 

 well. The history of this well is not known ; it was there when the first 

 settlers came. It has been tilled up, and now ijlowed over. 



The whole distance from the foot of the mound A to that of U, as 



