Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . 17.—CEDAR BANK WORKS, OHIO. IG.—EECTAlsGULAR \VORK, EAJNDOLrH COUNTY, INDIANA. the class of works devoted to religious purposes,games, or other observances, of which we canonly conjecture the nature. The comparatively small work which is repre-sented in Figure 19 is found in Fairfield County,Ohio, seven miles from the town of Lancaster, onthe road to Columbus, near a place knoAvn as Hocking Eiver Up])er Falls. It is remarka-ble as being situated on the level summit of ahill, two hun(|ped feet above the river. Advant-age is taken o
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . 17.—CEDAR BANK WORKS, OHIO. IG.—EECTAlsGULAR \VORK, EAJNDOLrH COUNTY, INDIANA. the class of works devoted to religious purposes,games, or other observances, of which we canonly conjecture the nature. The comparatively small work which is repre-sented in Figure 19 is found in Fairfield County,Ohio, seven miles from the town of Lancaster, onthe road to Columbus, near a place knoAvn as Hocking Eiver Up])er Falls. It is remarka-ble as being situated on the level summit of ahill, two hun(|ped feet above the river. Advant-age is taken of the slightly undulating characterof the ground, so that the small circle inclosingthe mound overlooks eveiy part of the work, andcommands a wide prospecton every hand. Two el-liptical terraces, a few feetin height, occur outside ofthe work, near the browof the hill. They are notincluded in the plan. We come now to a classof regular works of largersize, combining the squareand circle. The first exam-ple (Figure 20) is a workoccurring four miles northof t
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