Malta, Ohio: Morgan County Dungeon
Has its own historical marker. Access is from a parking lot, not some castle basement.
- Address:
- 110 5th St., Malta, OH
- Directions:
- At the back of the parking lot on the northwest corner of 5th and N. Main Sts.
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Stone dungeon used during the 1830s to hold prisoners convicted of larceny, rioting, and, yes, adultery.
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The dungeon is 11 feet high and 12 feet long, but only five feet wide. It was forgotten for over a hundred years, and only rediscovered in 1964 when the jail above it was torn down.