Seip Mound Too(Missing) LbNA #9642 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 28, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Bainbridge |
| County: | Ross |
| State: | Ohio |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | mr. bloodhound  |
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| Found by: | Team Mad Dawg |
| Last found: | Jun 19, 2005 |
| Status: | FFFFFFaaa |
| Last edited: | Jul 28, 2004 |
Seip Mound Too
Bring inkpad and pen.
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.
Directions: Locate the Seip Mound Historical Site and ODOT Rest Area on U.S. Route 50, east of Bainbridge and west of Chillicothe, Ohio. Take the drive south off Rte 50 and park near the information booth.
Clues: Go south along the center path to the bronze sign between the building 2 and 3 sites. Standing in front of the sign take a compass reading of 119 degrees and proceed 12 paces (1 pace = 2 steps) to a large maple tree. Now go 10 paces at 76 degrees to a large tree with the bark falling off it by an old fence. Check in the center of the six-foot stump next to the large tree.
Email if found.
Bring inkpad and pen.
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.
Directions: Locate the Seip Mound Historical Site and ODOT Rest Area on U.S. Route 50, east of Bainbridge and west of Chillicothe, Ohio. Take the drive south off Rte 50 and park near the information booth.
Clues: Go south along the center path to the bronze sign between the building 2 and 3 sites. Standing in front of the sign take a compass reading of 119 degrees and proceed 12 paces (1 pace = 2 steps) to a large maple tree. Now go 10 paces at 76 degrees to a large tree with the bark falling off it by an old fence. Check in the center of the six-foot stump next to the large tree.
Email if found.