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Partially excavated places tagged “fort”

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🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city

Thimisica (Henchir Mehonine)

Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman

Road town between Mejez el-Bab and Beja with porticoed forum and fort.

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🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Alligator Mound

Late Woodland / Fort Ancient 800–1200 CE · Fort Ancient (Late Woodland)

Effigy mound 205 ft/62 m long, 4–6 ft high, head oriented SW tail NE, depicting an opossum/underwater panther effigy on bluff south of Granville. Listed NRHP 1971.