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and Cyjiress swamp, near the Ripley county line. A plat of the group 

 is given in Fig. 108. from which it will bo seen that it consists of a quad- 

 rangular (nearly square) inelosure with embankments or walls on three 

 sides, and an outside ditch along the entire length of the walls, an 

 excavation at each western corner outside, and four mounds on the 

 interior area. The western wall, which runs exactly north and soutli, 

 is 750 feet long and, as it is still covered by the original forest growth, 





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is quite distinct. The ditch, which runs along the outside is also very 

 distinct, being from 3 to 5 feet deep and about twice as wide. The 

 northern and southern walls and ditches in the cultivated area are 

 almost obliterated; still they can be traced throughout from where they 

 connect at the corners with the western wall, to the undisturbed 

 extremities near the swamp. The northern line measures 762 feet and 

 the southern 744. 



