ASHLAND COUNTY OHIO - HISTORY: Ashland County Ohio Earthworks
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Date: August 8, 1999
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On section twenty-four, now in Wayne county, a short distance below the
junction, upon the heights northeast of Tylertown, and east of the stream,
is an ancient intrenchment. It overlooks the valley, which here is about one
and a half miles wide, and gives an extended view,up and down the Mohican.
The work is situated on an elevated spur of the ridge, on the lands of
Benjamin Tyler ; is circular in
form, and contains about three acres.
When Mr. Tyler located in 1814, he found the work desitute of grown
timber.The ridge, in and about the intrenchment, had the appearance of
having been often burned over. He found the embankment about four feet high,
and about ten feet in diameter, at the base, and completely covered with
hazel-brush, about as high as his head. He states, that he stood in the
center of the work, and could overlook the Mohican valley for many miles.
The work is now covered by a growth of thrifty young white oak, ranging from
fifty to seventy feet in height, and ten to fifteen inches in diameter.
Unlike most of the earthworks of this county, there was no spring in its
immediate vicinity.
>From the center of the work, a grand view of the Mohican valley, for many
miles dotted with fertile farms, may be had. The work was evidently one of
defence, and was calculated to repel a large force, as access to it, from
every side, was up a declivity.



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