Another earthworks...

So I guess we won't name todays Indian earthworks, they aren't really open to the public and well aren't exactly eyepopping. Located on a plateau above the Great Miami River buried in the woods there is a small mound eroded down to a couple feet high with a foot and a half tall spiral around it and one to two foot tall walls extending out to each side barely noticeable in the heavy woods. They show up even less thru the camera lens. My first impression when finally finding them in the woods was "well, Ft Ancient it aint". But still like any Native American site it does get the imagination going. Plus one side of the walls ran right along a very very steep ravine that ran back to the river.
Unfortunately it had taken a bit to find the earthworks after work and this time of year there just isn't much time till dark after work. So there really wasn't much more time left than to just walk too fast down the creek back to the car. But I'm excited about the possibilities of coming back with more time and walking the creek slowly. Who knows I might just find some tools or an arrowhead. I did spot some cool fossils while walking out so I'll have a nice walk in the creek either way