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cumference 800 feet, ditch four feet deep. Central mound about 500 

 feet round. Summit 120 feet round and somewhat concave. 



u No. 13. Similar mound, smaller, only 15 feet high, and 130 feet 

 distant from No. 12, towards S.E. It has also four gateways, but they 

 are N. — E. — YV. and S.W., and the northern one is much the largest 

 and inclined in the shape of an ascent; breadth 40 feet, the others 30 

 feet. Circumference of the parapet 430 feet; ditch three feet deep. 

 Summit small, somewhat concave. 



"No. 14. Simple mound, without ditch or parapet; 250 feet in cir- 

 cumference, and 10 feet high. It lies 80 feet S.YV. of No. 13. 



" No. 15. A similar mound, lying 312 feet east of No. 13. It is six 

 feet high, and 165 feet in circumference. 



" No. 16. Another mound, 80 feet from No. 14, due east. It is eight 

 feet high and 200 feet in circumference. 



44 Group IV. Compact and remarkable for its size, high parapet, etc., 

 although it is situated in fields which have often been ploughed. It is 

 on Johnson's farm, three miles north of Mount Sterling, on the east 

 bank of Sommerset creek, and on a high hill with a level summit. It 

 contains an enclosure and four outward mounds. 



44 No. 17. A large circumvallation, quite circular and 1150 feet 

 round, with a high parapet, a deep inside ditch, a single gateway due 

 east, and a central mound. Parapet 55 feet broad, four to five feet 

 above the ground, and eight to twelve feet above the ditch, inside slope 

 25 feet. Gateway 50 feet broad. 



ditch. Central mound 75 feet from the ditch, 206 feet In circumfer- 

 ence and three feet high. Many remains of pottery, fine pipe-heads, 

 and several other implements have been found in ploughing the area. 



14 No. 18. Large circular mound, 60 feet due north from No. 17, and 

 united to it by a raised platform. It has two spurs, or oval inclined 

 appendages to the north and west; the northern one is the larger. Cir- 

 cumference with the spurs 800 feet, without 600. Height 22 feet, sum- 

 mit level with a small central concavity. 



u Nos. 19, 20 and 21. Three outward and unconnected mounds, lying 

 irregularly to the S.E. of No. 17. The largest, No. 19, is eastward of 

 No. 20 ; it is 220 feet around, and five feet high. 



44 No. 20 is in the middle and only 50 feet from No. 17. It is only 

 175 feet in circumference and three high. 



44 No. 21. The smallest and western, is near No. 20, and nearly south 

 from No. 17. It is only 150 feet round and two high. 



u Group V. Is quite scattered, and contains three enclosures with two 

 mounds, lying near Sommerset creek, about four miles to the north- 

 ward of Mount Sterling. 



" No. 22. Square enclosure on John Higgins's farm, on the south and 

 left side of Sommerset creek. Each side equal, 150 feet long, ana 



Area three feet high above the 



corresponding with the cardinal points; gateway single, due east, 30 

 feet broad ; area square, each side 90 feet long. The parapet is now 

 only one foot high, the ground having been repeatedly ploughed. It 

 was originally three feef high. 



44 No. 23. A circular enclosure, lying on James Higgins's farm, 300 

 yards from No. 22, towards the N.W. ; but on the opposite side of 

 Sommerset creek, in a corn field, and in the flat bottom of the valley- 



