Jordan: The other Newark earthworks
Newark Advocate
Visitors to the Great Circle and Octagon are often fascinated to learn that the Newark Earthworks once included two other major shapes: a square and an oval.
This square and oval were connected by walled walkways that covered over four-square-miles. Their interconnectedness is part of why we call the Newark Earthworks a complex.
A remnant of the square still exists. It officially is called the Wright Earthworks and lies in a green space owned by the Ohio History Connection at the intersection of James and Waldo Streets. This location is about a half-mile to the northeast of the Great Circle, with the two, low, free-standing walls that run on either side of the site’s museum pointing off in its direction.