Newark Earthworks - Newark, Ohio
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N 40° 02.512 W 082° 25.699
17T E 378151 N 4433381
The Newark Earthworks includes the Great Circle Earthworks built by the Hopewell people 2000 years ago. Ten percent of the original 3000 acres has been preserved.
Waymark Code: WM11YTX
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2020
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"The Newark Earthworks in Newark and Heath, Ohio, consist of three sections of preserved earthworks: the Great Circle Earthworks, the Octagon Earthworks, and the Wright Earthworks. This complex, built by the Hopewell culture between 100 CE and 500 CE, contains the largest earthen enclosures in the world, and was about 3,000 acres in total extent. Less than 10 percent of the total site has been preserved since European-American settlement; this area contains a total of 206 acres (83 ha). Newark’s Octagon and Great Circle Earthworks are managed by the Ohio History Connection. A designated National Historic Landmark, in 2006 the Newark Earthworks was also designated as the "official prehistoric monument of the State of Ohio.""