The Great Circle Earhworks - Newark, Ohio - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

text: "The Great Circle Earthworks are one of the largest complex of geometric enclosures ever built. The Newark Earthworks situated on a high terrace between the South Fork of the Licking River and Racoon Creek, once covered more than four square miles. At present, only the Great Circle, the Octagon and Circle combination and a small portion of the square are preserved on public land."

"The Newark Earthworks were built around 2000 years ago by the people we now call Hopewell. Giant geometric Enclosures such as the Great Circle were centers for social, religious, and possibly economic interaction."

"Located in the center of the Great Circle is a series of small conjoined mounds, collectively referred to as Eagle Mound, which covers the remains of a large Hopewell house. It was not a dwelling, but rather an important social or religious gathering place."

"Excavations through the wall of the Great Circle indicate that it was built in three stages and that different colored soils were used in each stage. Originally, there was a low outer wall which surrounded the Great Circle. Two segments of this outer wall are preserved at the eastern end of the park where they converged into parallel walls leading to the square."

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