Closing my eyes, I listen… hoping to hear echoes of the past. Yet after my climb, only my breath joins the chorus of wind in its journey through the trees, now clinging to the sides of ancient earthworks in Newark, Ohio.
Resembling a defensive structure, it was once called the Old Fort. Surrounded by a deep trench, early residents thought it was used as a moat; however, with the trench within the interior of the structure, Archaeologists raised doubts regarding this theory, and now refer to the ancient mound as the Great Circle earthworks.
Constructed by the Hopewell culture between 100 BCE and 400 CE, it’s one of the largest earthen enclosures in the world. While there are many theories for its construction, not much is known about the Hopewell or the use of their Great Circle.
On this evening, the sun continued her decent, embracing the ancient structure. Its mysteries slowly engulfed in shadows of twilight. Its stories concluding in silence… an ending only known by its builders.
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