An illustrated description of pre-historic relics found near Wilmington, Ohio / published by L.B. Welch and J.M. Richardson.

  • Welch, L. B.
Date:
1879
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An illustrated description of pre-historic relics found near Wilmington, Ohio / published by L.B. Welch and J.M. Richardson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The mound is situated upon the road leading from Wilmington to Harveysburg, and known as the Wilmington and Waynesville Pike, and about three and a half miles from the former place, due west, upon the Sparks farm, and has long been known as the Sparks Mound. It is on the north side, and perhaps 200 yards from the pike. In shape, the mound is almost round, being forty feet north and south by forty five east and west, and in height six and a half feet. As the timber was re- moved but about four years ago, and the ground has never been plowed but once, the mound is per- haps near its original height. The earth of which the mound is composed is of the same character as that found in the fields adjacent, being the yellow- ish clay of the glacial period. Upon the summit of the mound and about the center stood a large sugar tree (Acer saccharinv.m) stump ; about fifteen or sixteen feet north of the center, stood another of same kind and size. There is nothing remark- able in the surroundings of the mound, save the evidence of an ancient roadway or approach lead- ing up from the valley of Todd’s Fork, which by a gradual rise brings one to the mound which, after being reached, is found to occupy a position from