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IM AC Winchester Mound #9p123 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/8/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Congratulations go to . . .

Mr. Bloodhound,

for First to Find:  IM AC Winchester Works Mound.

MAXRAYS says, “Bravo!!!”

 

This is one of my growing list of geocahes that I have placed to take you to the site of a prehistoric Ohio indian mound. See #9 on page 123 of "Indian Mounds of the Middle Ohio Valley (2002)."

 

Winchester Works Mound is located in Adams County, Ohio near the community of Winchester.

The mound is located approximately 1.2 miles north of Winchester on private property, but people can view the Winchester Works Mound from State Route 136. The mound is now heavily wooded, which has helped to preserve it. Purportedly three additional mounds existed nearby the surviving Winchester Works Mound, but agricultural plowing and road construction have obliterated these other structures. Archaeologists have not thoroughly investigated the Winchester Works Mound, and they have not attributed this mound to a specific cultural tradition. The mound's location would suggest that it was a product of either the Adena or the Fort Ancient cultures.

information from Ohio History Central

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)