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The Fort Ancient culture is a Native American archaeological culture that dates back to c. 1000–1750 CE. [1] Members of the culture lived along the Ohio River valley, in an area running from modern-day Ohio and western West Virginia through to northern Kentucky and parts of southeastern Indiana . [ 2 ]
Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve is North America’s largest ancient hilltop enclosure, built 2,000 years ago.
Built around 2,000 years ago by the Ancestors of many modern American Indian tribes, Fort Ancient is a nature lover’s paradise that offers miles of trails, earthen embankments and hidden cosmic connections. Blast into the Past.
Fort Ancient is a Native American earthworks complex located in Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio, along the eastern shore of the Little Miami River about seven miles (11 km) southeast of Lebanon on State Route 350.
The most spectacular and well-preserved of the Hopewell-era hilltop enclosures, Fort Ancient encloses over 100 acres high above a narrow gorge of the Little Miami River. Here, Hopewell era builders moved massive amounts of earth to create complex and monumental spatial effects.
Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve, Oregonia, Ohio. 8,009 likes · 144 talking about this · 8,329 were here. Fort Ancient is an UNSECO World Heritage site & National Historic Landmark comprised...
Built around 2,000 years ago by the Ancestors of many modern American Indian tribes, Fort Ancient is a nature lover's paradise that offers miles of trails, earthen embankments and hidden cosmic connections. Blast into the Past.
Built around 2,000 years ago by the Ancestors of many modern American Indian tribes, Fort Ancient Earthworks and Nature Preserve is Ohio’s oldest state park and the largest hilltop enclosure in North America.
Comprised of nearly 3 1/2 miles of earthen walls that were constructed over a 400 year period, Fort Ancient features mounds, stone pavements, crescent-shaped gateways, and remnants of a woodhenge that were designed to align with both the summer and winter solstices.
Fort Ancient is a National Historic Landmark that sits on the banks of the Little Miami River in Oregonia, Ohio. Not only is it a National Historic Landmark, it holds the title of Ohio’s first state park. AND it’s North America’s largest ancient hilltop enclosure earthwork.