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Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mounds at Mound City - one of eight earthworks included in the site
Criteria(i)(iii)
Reference1689
Inscription2023 (45th Session)

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks is a World Heritage Site in the United States preserving eight monumental earthworks constructed by the Hopewell Culture. The sites were constructed between approximately 0 and 400 AD along tributaries of the Ohio River in the present-day state of Ohio.

World Heritage Listing[edit]

The monument consists of eight Hopewell sites throughout southern Ohio.[1]

Picture ID Name Location Description Coordinates Property Area [Buffer Zone]
1689-001 Octagon Earthworks Newark, Ohio 40°3′13.17″N 82°26′45.82″W / 40.0536583°N 82.4460611°W / 40.0536583; -82.4460611
1689-002 Great Circle Earthworks Newark, Ohio 40°2′28.44″N 82°25′48.43″W / 40.0412333°N 82.4301194°W / 40.0412333; -82.4301194
1689-003 Hopeton Earthworks Chillicothe, Ohio 39°23′5.25″N 82°58′44.96″W / 39.3847917°N 82.9791556°W / 39.3847917; -82.9791556
1689-004 Mound City Chillicothe, Ohio 39°22′35.36″N 83°0′14.36″W / 39.3764889°N 83.0039889°W / 39.3764889; -83.0039889
1689-005 High Bank Works Chillicothe, Ohio 39°17′54.82″N 82°55′6.56″W / 39.2985611°N 82.9184889°W / 39.2985611; -82.9184889
1689-006 Hopewell Mound Group Chillicothe, Ohio 39°21′39.54″N 83°5′36.14″W / 39.3609833°N 83.0933722°W / 39.3609833; -83.0933722
1689-007 Seip Earthworks Bainbridge, Ohio 39°14′14.89″N 83°13′11.37″W / 39.2374694°N 83.2198250°W / 39.2374694; -83.2198250
1689-008 Fort Ancient Oregonia, Ohio 39°24′12.1″N 84°5′33.18″W / 39.403361°N 84.0925500°W / 39.403361; -84.0925500
  1. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2024-05-26.