Barracks Building at Fort Ancient photograph   Save
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Description: Worker Ellis at the Barracks Building at Fort Ancient. Fort Ancient is a series of earthen embankments that extend for more than three-and-a-half miles around a high bluff along the Little Miami River in Warren County, Ohio. It was built by the Hopewell culture between 100 B.C. and A.D. 400. Although it is called a "fort," it probably never served as a defensive work. Ditches are located inside the walls rather than outside as might be expected if it was an actual fort. Also, there are more than 60 gateways in the enclosure, which would have made it difficult to defend against enemies. Fort Ancient is a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08005
Subjects: Fort Ancient (Ohio); Fort Ancient culture; Earthworks (Archaeology); Hopewell culture--Ohio; State parks & reserves; Mounds--Ohio--Warren County
Places: Warren County (Ohio)