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ANTIQUITIES IN TENNESSEE. 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE STONE FORT AND OTHER ABORIGINAL REMAINS. 



The stone work, or fortification, in Coffee County, Tennessee, situated at the 

 junction of the east and west branches of Duck River, near Manchester, and 

 known as the Stone Fort, has been described at length, by Haywood and in the 

 " Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley ;" we shall, therefore, confine our 

 observations chiefly to supplying certain deficiencies in these descriptions. 



The account and plan of the Stone Fort given by Squier and Davis, are copied 

 from the " Western Messenger," and the errors are due to the writer of the article. 

 In this plan the entrance is especially defective. At the time of my visit to the 

 locality, I found a plan by E. W. Nance, which in like manner presented some 

 inaccuracies. Mr. W. A. Thoma, a resident of Manchester, therefore kindly 

 re-surveyed the works at my request, and executed the plan which will be found 

 below, Fig. 56. 



Fig. 56. 



Scale, eeOfiAo inch. 



Plan of Stone Fort, near Manchester, Tennessee. 



The wall, which now varies from four to ten feet in height, is composed of loose 

 rocks gathered apparently from the bed of the streams below, and from the sides 



