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Seip Mound LbNA #2470 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jan 22, 2002
Location:
City:Bainbridge
County:Ross
State:Ohio
Boxes:1
Found by: familycircus
Last found:Jan 13, 2008
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Jan 22, 2002
Seip Mound is 14 miles Southwest of Chillicothe, Ohio and 2 miles East of Bainbridge, Ohio on U.S. 50 .
Difficulty: easy
Placed: January 22 ,2002 by franzsolo...

Seip Mound is the central mound in a group of geometric earthworks.
Farming and erosion have degraded the surrounding earthworks leaving the central mound an outstanding feature. It is 240 feet long, 130 feet wide, and 30 feet high.
Excavations have revealed that prehistoric Indian buildings existed near the earthworks. Today, visitors can see the location of some of these buildings as they are outlined by short posts in the ground. The Hopewell Indians (100 BC-AD 500) built Seip Mound for burials. This culture had a highly developed craft industry, as is evidenced by artifacts found with bodies in the burial site.

Letterbox clues:
From the TeePee information shelter take a bearing of 180º due South.
Walking down the center grassy pathway ( just before running into the mound ) you will come to a "T" intersection. Take the pathway to your left ( 90º heading ).
There are 5 clusters of trees on the fence line going south. Around the 5th cluster of trees about 50 paces (1 pace = 2 steps or about 5 feet ) you will see a rotted stump about 5 foot
high. The letterbox is in that stump. Retrace your steps back to the parking lot Thanks,