52 ANCIENT M N U M E N T S . 



long, and are placed one hundred and fifty feet apart. They terminate at the edge 

 of the terrace, at the foot of which, it is evident, the river once had its course ; but 

 between which and the present bed of the stream, a broad and fertile " bottom " 

 now intervenes. They are carried in a straight line, and although very slight, 

 (nowhere exceeding two and a half feet in height,) are uninterrupted throughout. 

 They do not connect directly with the main work ; at least, they are not traceable 

 near it. 



There is a dug hole, of considerable size, near the south-east angle of the 

 rectangular portion of the work, exterior to the walls. In the bank of the table 

 land, which approaches to within three or four hundred feet of the walls, are 

 several excavations, d d d, from which large quantities of earth have been taken, 

 though much less, apparently, than enters into the composition of the embank- 

 ments. 



There are no mounds of magnitude in connection with these works. There 

 are two slight elevations of an oval form, and also one or two very small mounds, 

 within the square, as shown in the plan. There is a large group, however, on the 

 opposite bank of the river, in the direction pursued by the parallels above men- 

 tioned. 



The truncated pyramid and accompanying circle, shown in the plan of the 

 " Cedar Bank Works," (Plate XVIII,) are situated about one-fourth of a mile to 

 the north-east, upon the superior plain. The coincidences between this circle and 

 the small one C of the plan will be observed at once. The feature of an inner 

 wall or platform, of the description here indicated, is of frequent occurrence. 

 (See " Newark Works,'' Plate XXV.) 



From the height and solidity of the walls, it might be inferred that this was a 

 work of defence. But its position, in respect to the third terrace which commands 

 it, strongly opposes that conclusion. Still, this objection would not be insuper- 

 able, could we suppose that the walls were palisaded ; for, in such a case, the 

 interior of the work would be unassailable by any missiles known to barbarous 

 or half-civilized nations, — in fact, proof against anything except artillery, and 

 affording no mean protection against an assault of that description. 



PLATE XVIII.* 



CEDAR BANK WORKS, ROS.S COUNTY, OHIO. • 



This work is situated upon the table lands bordering the Scioto river, at a point 

 five miles above the town of Chillicothe, and about a mile above the works last 



* Indicated by tlic U'tteis D and V, in M.ap, Plate II 



