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Archaeological site in Ohio, United States

United States historic place


Fortified Hill Works
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

19th-century plan of the Works
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Location	Western side of the Great Miami River, 3 miles (4.8 km) below Hamilton
Nearest city	Hamilton, Ohio
Coordinates	39°21′45.75″N 84°35′33″W / 39.3627083°N 84.59250°W / 39.3627083; -84.59250
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
NRHP reference No.	74001403
Added to NRHP	July 12, 1974

Fortified Hill Works is a registered historic site near Hamilton, Ohio, listed in the National Register on July 12, 1974.

Survey history

The site was surveyed in 1847 by Ephraim George Squier and Edwin Hamilton Davis. The works would be documented in their 1848 book, Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley. They noted that the ditch around the earthworks was on the outside, instead of inside of the wall. As of 1847, they described the ditch as being "equal" at the steepest points of the hill, and "almost obliterated" in other areas. The wall is noted as being eight to ten feet high, and following the shape of the hill it was built on. There are three entrances into the earthwork.

The top part of the earthwork is described as enclosing a small circle, one hundred feet in diameter, with two small mounds inside of it. A third mound, which has been "truncated" was just north of the small circle. Both the small mounds had altars found in them after excavation. Ash and sherd were found in the altars. The two men believed it was a fort for defense, with the altars providing spiritual assistance. This group is called the Newark Group.

Historic uses

Fortification

Notes

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Ephraim George Squier; Edwin Hamilton Davis (1848). Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley. Smithsonian Institution. pp. 89–92.

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Ohio
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Butler County, Ohio and List of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio

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