Case file · Sacred site

Old Stone Fort

A ceremonial stone-and-earth enclosure on a bluff between two rivers at Manchester, Tennessee, built by Middle Woodland peoples between about AD 30 and 430.

30 CE · 35.49, -86.10 · status: official

The sceptical view

18th- and 19th-century claims that Welsh prince Madoc or other 'lost races' built it have been ruled out by archaeology.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park
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