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Ogden-Fettie Site

Coordinates: 40°20′27″N 90°7′6″W / 40.34083°N 90.11833°W / 40.34083; -90.11833
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Ogden-Fettie Site
Ogden-Fettie Site is located in Illinois
Ogden-Fettie Site
Ogden-Fettie Site is located in the United States
Ogden-Fettie Site
Nearest cityLewistown, Illinois
Coordinates40°20′27″N 90°7′6″W / 40.34083°N 90.11833°W / 40.34083; -90.11833
Area200 acres (81 ha)
NRHP reference No.72000458[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 31, 1972

The Ogden-Fettie Site is a prehistoric mound site located south of Lewistown in Fulton County, Illinois. The site was built during the Woodland period and is associated with the Havana Hopewell culture; it dates from roughly 100 B.C. to 400 A.D. The site consists of thirty-five mounds arranged in a crescent-shaped enclosure; the principal mound, located near the center, is 15 feet (4.6 m) high. A village site is located near the principal mound; it and four of the smaller mounds form a pentagonal-shaped enclosure. While such enclosures were common among the Ohio Hopewell, the Ogden-Fettie Site has the only known one west of Ohio.[2]

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Shields, Wayne F. (July 7, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Ogden-Fettie" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2015.