/tags/fortified-hill Fortified Hill en-US Copyright Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:28:00 GMT /local-news/2025-06-02/hopewell-earthwork-fortified-hill-tours-pyramid-hill After much preservation and study, tours of Fortified Hill in Butler County's Ross Township are planned for the first weekend of each month through November. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:28:00 GMT /local-news/2025-06-02/hopewell-earthwork-fortified-hill-tours-pyramid-hill Tana Weingartner /podcast/focus-on-technology/2023-04-17/tracing-materials-other-places-hopewell-culture-artifacts Ball State Professor of Anthropology Mark Hill thinks it comes down to social networks, not trade. Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:29:00 GMT /podcast/focus-on-technology/2023-04-17/tracing-materials-other-places-hopewell-culture-artifacts Ann Thompson /local-news/2021-07-26/earthwork-site-fortified-hill-may-open-to-the-public-as-early-as-next-spring COVID-19 delayed the opening of a Butler County earthwork site but now volunteers are busy clearing what will become a public trail scheduled to open in… Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2021-07-26/earthwork-site-fortified-hill-may-open-to-the-public-as-early-as-next-spring Ann Thompson /local-news/2019-10-01/butler-county-earthwork-saved-by-online-pledges-foundations There's an element of excitement surrounding Fortified Hill, a Ross Township earthwork, after supporters were able to raise the money to save it in just… Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:37:22 GMT /local-news/2019-10-01/butler-county-earthwork-saved-by-online-pledges-foundations Ann Thompson /local-news/2019-09-16/historians-scramble-to-save-butler-county-earthwork An effort is underway to save an endangered earthwork in Butler County before it's potentially sold to developers Sept. 28.The Ross Township property, 213… Mon, 16 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-09-16/historians-scramble-to-save-butler-county-earthwork Ann Thompson