Travels amongst American Indians : their ancient earthworks and temples : including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal . tch. The former was sixty-ninerods in diameter, measuring from outside to out-side of the circular outer wall ; the latter isexactly fifty-five rods square measuring the sameway. The walls of the circular fort were at leasttwenty feet in height, measuring from the Ijottomof the ditch, before the town of Circleville wasbuilt. The inner wall was of clay, taken up prob-ably in the northern part of the f
Travels amongst American Indians : their ancient earthworks and temples : including a journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a visit to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal . tch. The former was sixty-ninerods in diameter, measuring from outside to out-side of the circular outer wall ; the latter isexactly fifty-five rods square measuring the sameway. The walls of the circular fort were at leasttwenty feet in height, measuring from the Ijottomof the ditch, before the town of Circleville wasbuilt. The inner wall was of clay, taken up prob-ably in the northern part of the fort, where was alow place, and is still considerably lower thanany other part of the work. The outside wallwas taken from the ditch which is between thesewalls, and is alluvial, consisting of pebbles wornsmooth in water, and sand, to a very considerabledepth, more than fifty feet at least. The outsideof the walls is about five or six feet in heightnow; on the inside, the ditch is, at present,generally not more than fifteen feet. They aredisappearing before us daily, and will soon begone. The walls of the square fort are at this time,where left standing, about ten feet in height. *See :© 1® o 3 C joo 2oo 3ofl Inclosures AT CiRCLEVILLE. Reduced from the survey ofMr. Atwater. H 82 CIRCLEVILLE INCLOSURES. There were eight gateways or openmgs lead- ing into the square fort, and only one into the circular fort. Before each of these openings was a mound of earth, perhaps four feet high, forty feet perhaps in diameter at the base, and twentyor upwards at the summit. These mounds, for two rods or more, are exactly in front of the gateways, and were intended for the defence ofthese openings. The extreme care of the authors of these works to protect and defend every part of the circle, is nowhere visible about this square fort. Theformer is defended by two high walls, the latter by one. The former has a deep ditch encircling it, this has none. The former could be entered at one p
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