Photographing the "Lost" Adena Earthworks at Mounds State Park in Indiana
At Mounds State Park in Anderson, Indiana, several earthworks are visible but not marked. The first is a small circular embankment with a gateway facing east towards a small burial mound. For all the mounds at Mounds State Park with photos www.nephilimgiants.net
The historical physical description of the earthwork. "“Fig. B is 238 feet south, 30 degrees east of the center of A; is 33 feet across has two gateways; the bank is 2-1/2 feet high and has no ditch."
A small earthen circle is evident. It is not known why it is not marked. Is a large mower going over this ancient embankment?
This is a diagram of the two earthworks opposite the northern henge at Mounds State Park. Instead of preserving them, they built the hiking trail over the top of the outer embankment of the earthwork to the right. Why isn't this ancient sun temple, whose gateway has been aligned to the Winter Solstice sunrise for over two thousand years, protected?
The historical physical description of the earthworks. “The works presented on Plate F are near that last described. A is a plain circle, 150 feet in diameter; it lies in a cultivated field and is being fat obliterated. B, on the same plate, is in a tolerable state of preservation; its longer diameter is 106 feet, and 48 feet across either end and is slightly constricted at the middle; wall about 2 feet high; ditch on the inside 15 feet wide; gateway (C) is 15 feet wide. The part on the east side of the section line lies in the woods, and is very well preserved. On the west side of the fence, the land is cultivated, and the embankment is fast being destroyed. These works, with that on Plate K, are close to the bluff of the river, which is here also composed of glacial drift, and is 75 f
To the left of this photo is where part of the earthwork was plowed. A fair amount of the earthwork is still visible.
“The works presented on Plate F are near that last described. A is a plain circle, 150 feet in diameter; it lies in a cultivated field and is being fat obliterated. B, on the same plate, is in a tolerable state of preservation; its longer diameter is 106 feet, and 48 feet across either end and is slightly constricted at the middle; wall about 2 feet high; ditch on the inside 15 feet wide; gateway (C) is 15 feet wide. The part on the east side of the section line lies in the woods, and is very well preserved. On the west side of the fence, the land is cultivated, and the embankment is fast being destroyed. These works, with that on Plate K, are close to the bluff of the river, which is here also composed of glacial drift, and is 75 f
