Note 26 — Chapter V · MOUNDS AND EARTHWORKS IN OHIO. Ancient Fortified Inclosures at Circleville.—Discoveries in a Burial Mound.—Alligator Totem near Newark.—Fort Ancient.—Age of Trees growing upon the Ramparts at Fort Hill.—Traditions.—Geometrical Ground Plans of Indian Inclosures.—Conclusions.
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The earthworks thrown up between Gallipoli and the Gulf of Saros during the Crimean war in 1854–1855 had the appearance of considerable antiquity when I saw them nearly a quarter of a century afterwards in 1878.