Reports
Journal: University of Toronto Press eBooks
Year: 2020

Draft report [probably by on-site supervisor Heinrich Balzer].On 26 May [1839] the mound situated on the east end of the Neukirch village road was examined.Ten workmen started to excavate at sunrise and stopped work at six in the afternoon.During this time, the east side of the mound was examined carefully and, using a level, the size and height of the mound were estimated.The shape of the mound was exactly circular with a diameter of nine rods, twelve feet, Rhineland measure.In the past, about