Posted on 09/25/2015 9:01:11 AM PDT by bob_denard
SALEM, N.H. — Using the astronomical chart on a table in the covered tower, visitors aim their gaze along worn arrows to huge, upright stones hundreds of feet away. Beyond each slab of granite, clearings stretch the eye to the horizon on a dazzling day in late summer New Hampshire.
On Wednesday's autumnal equinox, people will flock to the woods near the Massachusetts state line, watch the sun rise or fall over the massive chunks of granite and decide for themselves whether they're standing amid relics of ancient history or pure hooey.
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I went there in 93. I read Barry Fell, too. I think he is basically right.
is it right the hoax or it’s a true
Skip it. Keep going a little farther north to see this instead. :-)
The Amphitheater at Ira Mountain was impressive. But the views from both peaks were some of the most amazing I've seen in my life.
Nice but I like Elephant Rocks better...
http://www.missouri-vacations.com/elephant-rocks-state-park/
Thanks Boogieman. RC dating on an old hearth *inside* the megalithic structures at the summit came out 2000 BC. It's a large, PreColumbian structure; some of the largest stuff (top of the knoll) was MUCH LATER reused as a foundation for a colonial-era house -- but the site is really ancient, and there's a non-fence spiral of stones that have no plausible connection to colonial construction of any kind, much less "root cellars". The site is interesting and worth a visit.
woodhenge at cahokia is more complex and larger incorporating the pyramid of monk’s mound
A guy in northern Michigan recently found a 90 lb. Petoskey stone...........Eh, just thought I would mention it.....
wow, had to look it up. I love rocks. And wood. Mountains covered with trees are best. LOL
I grew up in northern Michigan during the 50’s and 60’s....one of my neighbor friend’s father had a grinding wheel and polisher in his basement and he used to make ornaments and things out of Petoskey stones................Pretty cool stuff.
There are a few places in New England that’s pre-historic. This is one, another is in Connecticut. Is the Newport, RI tower another?
My mom had one, too! I just go to a cave gift shop and get them there. Can’t take the noise. The best cave I was ever at was Crystal Cave in Springfield, MO. Privately owned.
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