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Ohio's Stonehenge
Fort Ancient is largest, best preserved earthwork of its kind in America. Its purpose is not known
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Posted on Sun, Dec. 10, 2006

OREGONIA - Fort Ancient remains a mystery.

The extensive earthen mounds and walls in southwest Ohio are unlikely a fortress, although they might have been used for social gatherings and religious ceremonies and astronomical viewings.

The site, atop a wooded bluff 235 feet above the Little Miami River in Warren County, was built 2,000 years ago by ancient Indians that archaeologists call Hopewells.

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It could be possible that Welsh people built them. There are suppose to be Welsh settlements in the Ohio River Valley which dates back to the time Prince Madoc made his landing in 562 AD.

Ptarmigan wrote:It could be possible that Welsh people built them. There are suppose to be Welsh settlements in the Ohio River Valley which dates back to the time Prince Madoc made his landing in 562 AD.

That's just a myth. It's not even sure if Madoc actually existed. The legend originates from a time when almost nothing was kown of the Hopewell culture and was probably invented to justify the English colonization of America. By the way, the legend says that Madoc landed in 1170 in America.

Yarrah wrote:That's just a myth. It's not even sure if Madoc actually existed. The legend originates from a time when almost nothing was kown of the Hopewell culture and was probably invented to justify the English colonization of America. By the way, the legend says that Madoc landed in 1170 in America.

Check these links out. The 1170 in America is what the English claim.
Britons in USA in 6th Century - Shock Claim
King Arthur Online
Prince Madoc and the White Indians
Madoc 1170
Georgia's Ft. Mountain and Prince Madoc of Wales