Moorehead Circle was a triple woodhenge constructed about two millennia ago at the Fort Ancient Earthworks in the U.S. state of Ohio. The outer circle, discovered in 2005 by Jarrod Burks, is …

Dec 23, 2012 · The Moorehead Circle must have been the ceremonial heart of Fort Ancient. Riordan thinks it was a major focus of ritual activity for a century or more. There is clear …

Jan 2, 2013 · Located inside the Northern Earthwork Enclosure of the Fort Ancient State Memorial, the Moorehead Circle is a timber circle, nearly 200 feet in diameter. It was possibly …

This is in the area of the timber circle that was first found by geophysical surveys in 2005. Several recent digs have focused on this structure. Photo by bat400, 15 Sept 2007.

May 28, 2020 · This photograph was taken at the Fort Ancient site in Warren County, Ohio in the late nineteenth century. The photograph is of Warren K. Moorehead (second from right) and …

Apr 23, 2007 · Moorehead never knew this particular circle existed, but he did conduct some of the earliest systematic excavations at Fort Ancient and the name is an appropriate recognition …

Dec 28, 2012 · OREGONIA, OHIO—Several years ago, remote sensing equipment revealed three concentric circles once made of large wooden posts in an area now known as the North …

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 …

Feb 13, 2022 · The Moorehead Circle was likely Fort Ancient’s principal ceremonial component and was probably built before the North Fort’s walls. It was used by multiple generations of the …

Fort Ancient is the largest hilltop enclosure in North America, a fact that’s not lost on you as you explore the 126-acre plateau of the first Ohio State Park, established in 1891. Sitting above …