Great site. I have had the pleasure of visiting several chambers
in central vt and now have so many more to see, thanks to you all.
Roxanne M
USA - Monday, December 07, 1998 at 14:25:40 (EST) Keep up the good
work!
One site you seem to have missed is Lowell, MA's "Druid Hill", also
called
"Fort Hill." It is a city park that conrains a hill with a
standing stone circle at the top. Though there is much
contraversy as to the age of this site, (no archeological research
has been done there to my knowledge), it is still a publicly
accessable site that is in danger of vandalism. It would be nice
to
see some comments from NEARA regarding this site.
Brian Chabot <iarwain@hotmail.com>
NH USA - Monday, December 21, 1998 at 16:43:24 (EST)
A comment on Druid Hill in response to the above comment: Yes archeological
work has been done at Druid Hill in Lowell. They found brick UNDERNEATH
the stones. My personal observation is that these stones cannot have been
out in the air more than fifty years or so, because they would have developed
some degree of lichen covering - they have none. I would like to see this
classified as 'New Age' and have done with it, so that we can focus on
the many publicly accessible sites that are "hoary with age" and that better
deserve our attention.
Peter Waksman
<waksman@tiac.net>
MA USA - Tuesday, December 22, 1998 at 07:04:43 (EST)
I am so happy to have come across this site as I have developed
an almost obsessive interest in ancient european visitors to america.I
would like to know if anyone has any information on an ancient site in
Hancock County ME. I believe I may have stumbled upon a possible site similar
to America's Stonehenge including a stone circle,dolmen,cairn,and possible
underground chambers.If anyone has any information on this site or would
like to see it,my email address is GMcallian@aol.com or I can be reached
at (207)469-6216. Thank you.
Garret McAllian <GMcallian@aol.com>
ME USA - Thursday, January 07, 1999 at 17:44:34 (EST)
Great sites, Peter, we've enjoyed browsing. Byron -- for once --
has nothing to add.
Byron & Chankey <chantou@juno.com>
USA - Wednesday, January 20, 1999 at 21:15:27 (EST)
Ive found a few interesting sites in Eastern Berks Co Pa. I believe
there definatly was an Archaeic scociety here. pre woodland period. I have
found artifacts. Sincerely Frank S maykuth FSFMAYKUTH@aol.com
Frank S. Maykuth <FSFMAYKUTH@aol.com>
Pa USA - Friday, January 22, 1999 at 17:54:00 (EST)
I'm just developing a website relating to my interest in lithic
sites in New England (among other interests) and just came upon your site,
which is excellent!
Nancy <galadriel@poboxes.com>
CT USA - Saturday, March 27, 1999 at 23:10:49 (EST)
Very nice site. Could someone recommended books
(introductory) on this topic? Also interested in the miles
and miles of stone walls found in the N.E. woods.
Tony
Tony Willoughby <tonyw@ma.ultranet.com>
MA USA - Tuesday, April 06, 1999 at 13:14:56 (EDT)
We always enjoy the articles on your site. The Stone Calendar by
Tim MacSweeney is especially very interesting and well done. Thanks for
this site. Best, Wendell and Nancy Deer With Horns
Deer With
Horns Native American <deerwhorns@angelfire.com>
Ct USA - Friday, May 07, 1999 at 15:29:13 (EDT)
Has anyone looked into the old stone rows in Westford, MA?
Christine <52298@concentric.net>
MA USA - Tuesday, May 11, 1999 at 17:33:59 (EDT)
i would like to know who built all the stone walls running all over
northeast , some are massive run everywhere through swamps up sheer mountain
sides, some form village type inclosers others just run randomly everywhere.
cant believe farmers built them some are so massive it would take years
to constuct and out lay of effort would be useless, also there are something
called root cellars , these are also massive with huge stone lintel cielings
that would take cranes to put in place they also are everywhere and stone
cielings are quarried from place unknown and would have to be dragged for
miles since no stone quarry sites are near most of these so called cellers,
again cant believe farmers built them they are too big and must be seen
to understand
ted izzo <prezmetal@rcn.com>
ny USA - Sunday, May 16, 1999 at 23:20:02 (EDT)
We are coming to NH in Aug. We want to send
some time at the sites. We are dowsers and going
to the conference in Vermont. Like you web site,interesting
Joe Smith
Joe Smith <js33128@navix.net>
ne USA - Sunday, May 23, 1999 at 12:30:45 (EDT)
We are coming to NH in Aug. We want to spend
some time at the sites. We are dowsers and going
to the conference in Vermont. Like your web site,interesting
Joe Smith
Joe Smith <js33128@navix.net>
ne USA - Sunday, May 23, 1999 at 12:32:01 (EDT)
This website helps keep oldtimer NHAS folks like Paul Holmes and
me acquainted with what you young people are up to. It's a great fringe
benefit to membership, thank you.
Paul asks if anyone knows of stone effigies in the shape of a bear,
in relation to occupation of our region by the Abenaki and Sokoki. I have
examples of the turtle, no bears.
Ed McKenzie <XPOWHIST@NCIA.NET>
NH USA - Wednesday, August 04, 1999 at 14:22:29 (EDT)
This year I will be writing a senior thesis about the VT stone chambers
and would appreciate more specific site information. G. Peebles' 1979 article
gives some demographics, but is far from complete for what my study entails.
Could you be of any assistance? Much thanks.
Angela Labrador <alabra281@aol.com>
VT USA - Wednesday, August 04, 1999 at 18:40:01 (EDT)
This year I will be writing a senior thesis about the VT stone chambers
and would appreciate more specific site information. G. Peebles' 1979 article
gives some demographics, but is far from complete for what my study entails.
Could you be of any assistance? Many thanks.
Angela Labrador <alabra281@aol.com>
VT USA - Wednesday, August 04, 1999 at 18:41:12 (EDT)
A useful site. We have here in North Wales petroglyphs which resemble
some on your site.
Bill Chapman <bill.chapman@celtec.co.uk>
Wales - Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at 07:04:51 (EDT)
As a member of several Archaeology clubs and one investigating all
aspects of several Rune Stones discovered in N. America, I have been in
contact with several archaeologists who agree that such as are listed here,
need to be re-evaluated and they are particularly interested in the following
sites: The Grid, Salem Dolman and the so called Potato Cellar. Does anyone
within Neara have the directions to these sites and contact names for a
preliminary walk through which would be conducted with the idea of initiating
a full investigation?
~spinner~ <mrosefutureheirlooms>
Peoria, Arizona USA - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 00:17:32 (EDT)
My apologies for not leaving the correct e-mail address in my previous
message. Please contact me at the one I have now listed.
~spinner~
<mrosefutrhrlms@inficad.com>
Arizona USA - Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 00:19:21 (EDT)
I've been doing some writing for the on-line magazine, most recently
about stone chambers and (one of) the uses of them as sweatlodges.
Talking with Peter Waksman & Norman Muller, we wondered if we
couldn't get some of the neara members who've sent in photos of chambers
to
let us know how close they may be to a possible plunge pool, - brook
or river or lake, for that matter.
We also wanted to collect local names associated with them, especially
the Native Place names.
Tim MacSweeney <timmacs@earthlink.net>
CT USA - Monday, October 11, 1999 at 08:24:25 (EDT)
The Frost Valley Petroglyph
(Fig. 2&3, Summer 1999 NEARA Journal)
As usual, this stylized megalithic inscription has a pure geographic
meaning. The spiral indicates that the shown chart relates to a circular
area having a radius of about 5 megalithic distance lines (=5 degrees of
latitude=5x111km=555km). The author is correct (page 17) that the center
of the spiral is the place where the petroglyph is located, that is, on
the north bank of the west branch of the Neversink River, a "transportation
corridor" through the Catskill Mountains of New York.
The right edge of the stone itself represents the Hudson River, due
east of the Catskills. (From our other work, such as the "Story of Loughcrew,
Ireland", we know that megalithic inscriptions often use the shape and
features of the stone itself as parts of the story being told.) The left
edge of the stone is the Mississippi River, so the area of the stone is
the land between. The rock narrows at the top, north of the Catskill site
of the stone, because there the land narrows between the Great Lakes on
the lfeft, and the ocean on the right. When one stands in front of the
boulder, the big outstreched inscribed tip on the left, where the spiral
opens, points to the imaginary north, left open at the top of the stone.
The right leg, pointing downwards, represents the Delaware River,
because the shape of the leg resembles the shape of the river. Its tip
at the left side points to the entrance of Delaware Bay. The sharp tip
on its right points to the river entrance, which, like all rivers on the
northeast coast, can be reached from the ocean shore. When we follow the
spiral from the right leg upwards and left toward the center leg, then
the Delaware River is followed to its origin. The shape of this part of
the spiral is similar to the shape of this part of the river.
Doing this, one arrives at the middle leg of the figure, which represents
the Susquehanna River literally, because the shape of this leg is similar
to the shape of this river. The long "foot" of the middle leg is Chesapeake
Bay. The sharp tip at the right side points to the entrance to the east,
while the three sharp peaks to the left point to the major river entrances
in the Chesapeake: the Patomac, the Rappahannock, the James, or maybe the
Roanoke. These places described are about the 555km from the site in the
Catskills.
The bow to the start of the left leg is their route across the Alleghenny
Mountains to the start of the Ohio River in the west. As a consequence,
the third leg is the upper part of the Ohio River, literally. This river
is much more important to them than the Delaware and the Susquehanna. For
that reason the third leg is made of round forms, just like the spiral!
Near Pittsburgh the river jogs, and then a side-river joins in from the
southeast, the Kanawha River. The next part of the leg is a continuation
of the Ohio, including the Kentucky. The three sharp peaks point to other
tributaries of the Ohio: The Cumberland, the Wabash, and maybe the Tennessee.
These areas are actually about 666km from the Catskills, but longitudes
were of course more difficult for them than latitudes.
But, as so often in megalithic inscriptions, besides this first meaning,
there is a second, more important meaning! Not for nothing has the stylized
left leg been shaped from round forms, like a spiral! Near Huntington,
and then Cinnati, the Ohio jogs, and then side-rivers join in from the
southeast, the Cumberland and the Tennessee. So now the second part of
the leg is the Mississippi to the sea! The three sharp peaks point to the
entrances of the upper part of the Mississippi/Missouri, the Arkansas,
and the Red Rivers, respectively. Now the left edge of the stone is the
Rocky Mountains.
So this beautiful megalithic inscription is a map of the waterways
of America. It dates after the megalithic discovery of America in 2300
BC, and probably dates to c. 1500-1000 BC. Thanks for bringing it to our
attention through the NEARA Journal.
R.M. deJonge, drsrmdejonge@hotmail.com Netherlands
Jay S. Wakefield, wakefield@worldnet.att.net Kirkland, Wa
Ref: Reinoud de Jonge and Gerard IJzereef, De Stenen Spreken, Kosmos
Z&K, Utrecht/Antwerpen, 1996 (ISBN: 90-215-2846-0) Dutch; and other
pubilcations in preparation in English on Loughcrew, Ireland; Stonehenge;
and Mystery Hill
R.M. de Jonge & Jay S. Wakefield <drsrmdeJonge@hotmail.com
& Wakefield @ wo>
Wa USA & Holland - Friday, October 15, 1999 at 17:22:33 (EDT) Hows
'bout an update on the next meeting? Also interested in how the library
project is coming along at Exeter.
Happy new century. Will it bring more answers or only
more mysteries?
Ed McKenzie <xpowhist@ncia.net>
nh USA - Saturday, January 01, 2000 at 19:39:45 (EST)
We seem to be stalled out. No new messages can be added?
No updates since last century. Will try to make this one
register. The last one didn't.
Ed McKenzie <xpowhist@ncia.net>
nh USA - Saturday, January 01, 2000 at 19:44:27 (EST)
TheNEARA Spring Meeting will be held April 14-16 at the Radisson
in Danbury, CT. Please mark it on your calendar. NEARA members will receive
a notice about 6 weeks in advance. The NEARA Library collection of over
500 books is housed in the special collections room of the Exeter, NH Public
Library and we encourage researchers to make use of this wonderful facility.
Books can be ordered through your inter-library loan program. I will be
happy to answer any other questions. Ros Strong
Roslyn Strong <krosspt@lincoln.midcoast.com>
ME USA - Monday, January 03, 2000 at 12:09:19 (EST)
Visit or make a link to the Eastern States Rock Art Research Association
(ESRARA) on the WWW. ESRARA is a non-profit organzation dedicated to education,
study, and preservation of ancient art in the eastern United States. From
the ESRARA home page you'll find info on these important topics and many
links.
Rex
Weeks <rexweeks@asu.edu>
AZ USA - Wednesday, January 05, 2000 at 02:53:22 (EST)
The URL for the ESRARA website is http://www.public.asu.edu/~rexweeks/Eastern_States_Rock_Art_Re.htm
ESRARA is an excellent source of information on ancient art in the
eastern United States.
Rex
Weeks <rexweeks@asu.edu>
AZ USA - Wednesday, January 05, 2000 at 02:58:32 (EST)
WELCOME to the "NEW" Millenium!!!
Two exciting new "Insciption" sites have been found in the "Midwest",
of the USA. The first, ("Coopna Cave"), is an amazing site. There are so
many, that they havent even all been discovered, yet!!
The second, (un-named), is in Mo., USA.
Please E-Mail me for the URLs. Thank You. Sincerely, Henry H. Helene
Henry H. Helene <tiadoras@hotmail.com>
Ia. USA - Monday, February 28, 2000 at 01:03:38 (EST)
I have recent photos of a stone site found in East Anodover New
Hampshire. To whom can I send copies for examination and evaluation? They
could represent an animal enclosure, but some features suggest otherwise.
I can identify a person who could escort interested parties to the site.
Please contact via Email
F. Andre Paquette <fap@lr.net>
NH USA - Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 15:42:41 (EST)
Can anyone tell me about some markings on stone ledges along the
river in downtown Wiilamantic CT? Not sure what the vintage is but there
is(at least) a cross with two lines under and a letter R ,which I had thought
would indicate they are recent but now having heard the R (rho) is common
in ancient inscriptions I'm not sure. If you know about them or would like
to see them please contact me. Thanks
Kip Kotzan <KIPKSV@aol.com>
CT USA - Monday, March 20, 2000 at 14:22:16 (EST)
Does this group still have the respect that it had 10 years ago.
Many societies (some now deceased) could be classified in the Flat Earth
Society. But a world-wide perspective is needed.
See my web-page ---------www. anasazipub.com
We MUST finally understand these early peoples.
D.R.Smithana <doncalif@pacbell.net>
CA USA - Thursday, March 23, 2000 at 20:11:21 (EST)
I first read Michael Boland's "They All Discovered America,"then
I discovered Barry Fell's books. How glad I am that this is becoming more
accepted and that the NEBC principle is being disproved. The Bible is full
of references to "the whole earth" or "all the earth" etc so I know that
it was written with a knowledge of America, which I believe was Tarshish.
I also think that the Biblical Ophir was Peru. "The then known world" should
be an obsolete phrase.Thank you for your very welcome work!
Jeannette Cook <mjfcook@juno.com>
IN USA - Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 20:04:42 (EST)
Strong work. Keep it up.
Joseph GLenn <westglenn@eurekanet.com>
OH USA - Monday, March 27, 2000 at 12:10:00 (EST)
New to site. Still exploring but it looks grest.
Ann Richey <richey@our-town.com>
TX USA - Tuesday, April 04, 2000 at 10:53:45 (EDT)
Could you email me the snail mail address for the NEARA?
Thanks much. Great site by the way.
Mary Plante <mary.plante@gte.net>
WA USA - Tuesday, April 18, 2000 at 21:45:51 (EDT)
Hello of people, came so past even times. Visits me times on myhomepage
www.frank.coolio.de. There it concerns old tractors
Frank Schultz <FrankSchultz@gmx.de>
NRW Germany/near from Cologne/Eifel - Monday, May 01, 2000 at 15:21:38
(EDT)
In my teenage years (back in the 50's), I lived in Upton, Mass.,
and had been into the Upton stone chamber three times back then. Since
then I have aquired two books by an early pioneer researcher into these
stone chambers by the name of William B. Goodwin, and have read Barry Fell's
books and those of Salvatore Trento. Sorry I can't give my name, or even
hints of it, as it would be recognized by old timers in Upton. I'm still
reading on these ancient things and the world trsvel in ancient times indicated
by their existence. I might be interested in selling my books by William
B. Goodwin. I believe they are somewhat valuable now.
"Questman"
It might be recognized in Upon <Questman@rockymountnc.com>
NC USA - Sunday, May 07, 2000 at 15:52:09 (EDT)
We once had a "rocking stone" and a "Rocking Stone Tower"
in Truckee, CA.
I will find and post a picture.
I link to your site through craftlodge.org and the
'under construction' muse. The universe is constantly under
construction...
Cheers,
Chas
Charles <chasinca@yahoo.com>
CA USA - Wednesday, July 05, 2000 at 19:53:54 (EDT)
Dear NEARA,
Had been a member for 5 years back in the late 80's, but
distance to meetings was prohibitive. I spend much time
in Latin America in archaeoastronomical research. Did a
dissertation on Mayan Astronomy 15 years ago. Quite
interested in Vermont Stone Chambers, etc...
Going north for Perseid Meteors in mid August. Any new
sites for an enthusiast?
Thank you very much,
Richard Russo, Ed.D.
Math/Science Director
School of Education
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard Russo <rrusso@cybernex.net>
nj USA - Saturday, July 29, 2000 at 09:37:15 (EDT)
Quick 2 Questions:
Some of what Barry Fell said strikes me as genius.
Some of it hit me as a bit exaggerated.
But recently this hit me - and I do not know if
it is a valid conjecture or wild musings.
The name Shenandoah comes from a strange tribe
of Indians who built mounds and pyramids (?)!
http://www.shenandoahvalley.com/Features/name.html
That site will show what I mean.
Supposedly they were already wiped out by the
time of the English arrivals.
Here is what I am asking?
Shenandoah strikes me as a Semitic name.
I do NOT speak Hebrew but The Shen....do(Y)ah
formation of the name hits me between the eyes.
The site I listed makes this comment
They built cities which inclosed fifty
acres behind earthen walls, they used
copper and silver, pipes carved in shapes
of tropical animals.....
Well, again there could be a local answer. But
why the tropical animals? Were the travellers
up from Mexico who remembered the tropics of ages
past?
It is the Shenandoah name which strikes me as
funny. And from what I read the locals Natives
talk about these "Shendo" or "Sherando" as
being different from the locals.
Again, I am probably wrong but is there
any evidence tying these people to the Old World?
Second Question:
How much evidence is there of West to East Transatlantic
movings?
VonQuark <vonquark@mindspring.com>
NJ USA - Saturday, August 05, 2000 at 22:06:28 (EDT)
I recently visited the standing stones on Burnt Hill in Massachusettes.
They are fascinating and with their spectacular location on that
open
hilltop, they reminded me of some of the megalithic sites in Britain.
I would be most interested in any information anyone has to offer
about them.
The owner of the property seemed to think they are about 3,000 years
old!
Tony Harcourt <aharcourt@snet.net>
Ct. USA - Sunday, August 06, 2000 at 16:45:14 (EDT)
Hi, Glad to find your site, and to join. A farmer near here noticed
rock walls some years back, that made no sense to him as a farmer. That
led to reading "Manitou."
A friend found unusal standing stones on the edge of a ridge, and
together we've been exploring them. We are confident they are part of a
sacred site; as a "prayer seat," and probably the marker for celestial
sitings. The surroundings include stone rows that we've been investigating;
they include many of the sort of features that Mavor & Dix mention
-- for instance, the occasional a-typical round stone, usually white. The
area bordered by the stone rows and the standing stones, is unusually flat
for a ridge top, and would make a natural gathering-place. It faces toward
an area that is the upper reaches of what is locally known as "Indian Valley."
An opening in the wall leads over (or from) a saddle that leads
down into a little "hidden valley" with other stone rows and features --
including a "wind-hole" with a triangular stone that had a cubical stone
perched on its peak, held in place by the "lintel" stone above.
We'd be very interested in some help regarding how to find the site
that the standing stones might be a marker for -- how to look back from
them, with respect to significant alignments.
Thanks again for the good work,
--Christian Sweningsen
151 Schoolhouse Rd.
Ghent, New York 12075
518 392-6164
csweningsen@taconic.net
Christian Sweningsen <csweningsen@taconic.net>
NY USA - Tuesday, August 08, 2000 at 19:50:18 (EDT)
Please can anyone out there advise me about U.S. opinion/discussion
re: "America's Stonehenge", previously called Mystery Hill. It is in new
Hampshire. ANy details very greatfully received!
Thanks
hilary brett <network.diary@btinternet.com>
England - Thursday, August 31, 2000 at 18:36:15 (EDT)
I was fortunate to have met Dr.Barry Fell the year he published
"America B.C.". I spent the summer,and then some,exploring and locating
many stone chambers in N.Y. & New England. Once involved, always involved,
in one way or another. I'm thrilled to have located this site. Here we
go again........
Ed Henvy <ehen@snet.net>
CT USA - Thursday, September 07, 2000 at 21:53:01 (EDT)
In the late 1940's and early 1950's, I visited Acworth, NH often
with my parents to see friends who had moved there from Massachusetts.
On a farm owned by one Rollo Potter, there were several stone "beehives"
reputed to have been built by Irish monks in the 9th (?) century. They
were stone dwellings. There was also some reference to these stone huts
in a book entitled THEY ALL DISCOVERED AMERICA. I forget the author's name.
Does anyone have any further information regarding the history of
these or photographs?
David O'Connor <doc@linkline.com>
California USA - Thursday, September 14, 2000 at 18:59:40 (EDT)
the chenango county land trust recently did a presentation on stone
structures in the central ny area. we too have numerous lithic structures
as you term them. my husband and i have one on property that we own. this
particular structure is of the mound type, oblong, somewhat tear drop in
shape, about 12 x 15 feet and 3.5 ft high. i would be interested in some
leads as far as what literature exists concerning these structures. my
email is sbloes@ascent.net
susanne bloes <sbloes@ascent.net>
ny USA - Sunday, September 17, 2000 at 15:39:50 (EDT)
Great Site:
Belonging to the local Historical Society and Commission,
I know how difficult it is trying to preserve the old.
I would like to know if any meetings or conferences are
scheduled for the Worcester, Ma. area?
I live in Oxford, Ma. and in reading Trento's
book, he highlights stone chambers, and stone piles
that existed when the book was published.
I have never heard of these sites, and woulds like to know
if any field trips are planned for these sites, or the
sites in Webster, Ma.?
pchap@net1plus.com
Paul Lariviere <pchap@net1plus.com>
MA USA - Monday, September 25, 2000 at 10:09:47 (EDT)
How wonderful it is to run across the NEARA website! As a former
NEARA member (living in TN made it hard to be as involved as I would have
liked to!), it is wonderful to see that NEARA is still going strong and
the photos and information on the site are fascinating! Please pass my
regards on to Sue Carlson and Roz Strong and anyone else who might remember
me from the ABC convention years ago in Rhode Island! Would love to hear
from you! Keep up the great work!
Best regards,
Dan Meyer
Dan Meyer <halfdan@aol.com>
TN USA - Thursday, September 28, 2000 at 20:58:13 (EDT)
Prehistoric megaliths in the Western Caucasus, digs, conservation,field
opportunities, new believers
Viktor Trifonov <wacfund@nevsky.net>
Russia - Sunday, October 08, 2000 at 13:12:52 (EDT)
Prehistoric megaliths in the Western Caucasus, digs, conservation,
field opportunities, new believers
Viktor Trifonov <wacfund@nevsky.net>
Russia - Sunday, October 08, 2000 at 13:13:24 (EDT)
I found this to be a very interesting site I'am a student at S.I.I.T.
doing my upgrading. If anybody wants to e-mail me there is my e-mail address.
Lawrence McNab <lawrencemcnab@hotmail.com>
SASKATCHEWAN CANADA - Friday, November 03, 2000 at 16:05:02 (EST)
Perhaps genetically modern man arose in the americas and through
circumpolar oceanic trade and migration corridors introduced megalithic
chamber building to the european tribes?
Lewis Pusey <lewispusey@mac.com>
NH USA - Sunday, November 26, 2000 at 10:51:04 (EST)
It is time to insist that information about the numerous inscriptions
be taught in schools. Otherwise we are deprived of our history and heritage.
Barry Fell in particulat deserves a posthumous Nobel Prize for deciphering
all that he did. Remember: "In the beginning there was the word."
E. Fred Legner <legneref@netscape.net>
CA USA - Thursday, December 07, 2000 at 17:20:16 (EST)
Having read a few books on sacred sites, standing stones, and paranormal
encounters in New England, I am more than happy to find this web site up
and running. My only question is; are there maps available to track down
all these locations? I have been to Putnam Co, America's Stone Henge, and
wandered aimlessly in search of Upton's chambers. On one hand, I can understand
the need to keep such places hidden from the general public, on the other
hand though, for those of us seeking answers and enrichment, maps would
be a great thing. Keep up the great work!
Bill <ravensmythe@yahoo.com>
NY USA - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 at 12:59:00 (EST)
As a hiker & metal detectorist, I've found 3 propped rocks &
several cairns in R.I. forests so far. Your site has helped me spark a
great interest! My best find; a mega-ton propped stone on top of another
rock formation with 3 cut wedges underneith is in danger of falling to
new house lots (this area has several other propped & balanced stones
too). Any advice on saving this site would be welcomed. I will be photographing
this entire area before it's lost, & also making a digital video documentary
tommorrow as well. Hopefully the pictures will end up online here, as I'd
like to get involved with NEARA more in the future, & help w. the RI.
maps, etc. Keep up the good work.......
Bill Ladd <bsmoove@aol.com>
RI. USA - Thursday, December 21, 2000 at 13:35:29 (EST)
Couple of points:
1. Some feel stone walls could not have been built by farmers. In fact, they were; it was a necessary part of clearing the land for plowing. First they would clear the trees, then the rocks. They had to put them somewhere, and walls made the most practical sense. We have some artists today who build stone walls in the traditional way - for lots of money, of course.
2. I sense that there are lots of stone stories out there to be gathered. I know there is a group of standing stones on the shores of Tiverton, RI. (They numbered 6 or 7 in colonial times, but only 2 or 3 are left standing). Also, I didn't see Dighton Rock (Massachusetts) mentioned. We need to catalog all the sites, not just the dramatic ones, if we're to build a case for their protection. Only by demonstrating a comprehensive prehistoric stone culture can we gain the public's attention. If scholars don't believe there was a prehistoric megalithic culture in New England, let's show them without embellishment or exaggeration.
3. I know it's tempting to speculate, but trying to attach New England stone structures to the Bible or extraterrestrials or any other culture will only destroy our credibility. Stay focused on what is, not on what might be. Otherwise, we risk looking like fools and getting no respect or support. Our other agendas must take a back seat to the plain and simple truth.
Great site! There's lots of exciting stuff to be documented and discovered. Now that I live in Florida I don't have the chance to explore the New England forest, and I envy those of you who can! Keep up the good work!
Dave <dave_and_barb@yahoo.com>
FL USA - Monday, January 08, 2001 at 21:51:33 (EST)
Hello,
I am the editor of a french history magazine. Is it possible to get a copy of Across Before Columbus
Proceedings of NEARA Conference held at Brown University, June 1992 ? I want to review it for my readers.
Best regards
L'Autre histoire
BP 3
35134 Coesmes
France
André Chelain <autrehistoire@yahoo.co.uk>
France - Sunday, January 14, 2001 at 00:31:44 (EST)
I recently found four stone structures near Algonquin Ontario.These are large structures on the top of steep hills,more work then pioneers had time for.Haven't been ableto find out much locally,maybe somebody could suggest referance materials that would be of some help.
Great site!We need more sites like it to share ideas and speculations.It's good to know I'm not the only person out in the woods looking at old "piles" of rocks
Jeff Dixon <jcdixon@ripnet.ca>
On Canada - Tuesday, January 16, 2001 at 07:57:36 (EST)
I haven't seen this, but it looks interesting:
http://www.ibaradio.org/trespass.htm
To Peter W.: How are you?
Tim MacSweeney <timmacs@earthlink.net>
CT USA - Tuesday, January 23, 2001 at 09:56:34 (EST)
After reading Barry Fell's "America B.C." (plus Saga America & Bronze Age America)
I have been consumed with a desire to learn more about the history
that has been erased. I went to visit "America's Stonehenge" 2 years ago
and have located some undiscovered sites near where I live in North Jersey.
I am eager to learn more & me and my friends are going to join NEARA. The
website is excellent! "He who controls the past, controls the future, He
who controls the present, controls the past". George Orwell
Douglas <Elendil@hushmail.com>
NJ USA - Wednesday, February 07, 2001 at 15:49:35 (EST)
where are the maps?
mark flores <lazo@talkcity.com>
az USA - Thursday, February 08, 2001 at 12:15:34 (EST)
This is a great site. I was informed of NEARA by my friend Don Winkley. I have always had interest in this subject.
have bookmarked the site and will return often.
Bob Jennings <rtjprinting@earthlink.net>
CT USA - Tuesday, February 13, 2001 at 19:14:04 (EST)
My husband and I very interested in obtaining a map with the locations of the Stone Chambers in Putnam County, NY. After an intensive search of the "web", we came across a website by Bruce Cornet, Ph.D which had a detailed map of the locations of the Chambers, but it is not legible enough to make out their location. Is there some way that we can obtain a better copy of the map? Dr. Cornet made reference to a Paul Armbruster, who made the map, but we can not locate him. ANY information would be greatly appreciated. This is a great site, please keep up the good work!
Leslie <atfab@bestweb.net>
NY USA - Friday, February 16, 2001 at 21:19:23 (EST)
american indian info please
scott reeves <bobber@cswnet.com>
AR USA - Sunday, March 18, 2001 at 04:52:16 (EST)
american indian info please,I am in pursuit of a site that will show me AR indians
scott reeves <bobber@cswnet.com>
AR USA - Sunday, March 18, 2001 at 04:55:53 (EST)
Has anyone investigated old Maromas area of Connecticut?
I pass thru it daily, and there are many stone structures, large rock formations, etc. It is prime for investigation.
Please contact me if interested in a spring walk-about.
Thank you;
John.
John Hoyle <john0959@amexol.net>
ct USA - Friday, March 30, 2001 at 21:10:38 (EST)
I am a professional dry stone waller working in the highlands of Scotland. I shall be travelling through Nova Scotia and New England in Sept/Oct with a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. I would be interested to see any ancient or new drystone work which is not on the normal tourist trails. To avoid confusion a 'dyker' is the traditional Scottish name for a drystone worker, in England the term is applied to a ditch, in Holland the term is applied to the banking beside a canal.
Nick Aitken <stonedyker@talk21.com>
Scotland - Sunday, April 22, 2001 at 11:25:42 (EDT)
Hello,
I recommend you to read this sites and sign the guestbook:
http://truth.macedonia.gr/
http://Makedonia.cc.ece.ntua.gr
http://www.real.macedonia.gr/
http://www.abest.com/~angelos/macfaq.html
http://history.macedonia.gr/faq.htm
P.S. Please tell me what you think and which of them you find best. You can email me to the ad poseidon@mail.vu
Poseidon
Greece - Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 15:32:40 (EDT)
Hello,
I recommend you to read this sites and sign the guestbook:
http://truth.macedonia.gr/
http://Makedonia.cc.ece.ntua.gr
http://www.real.macedonia.gr/
http://www.abest.com/~angelos/macfaq.html
http://history.macedonia.gr/faq.htm
P.S. Please tell me what you think and which of them you find best. You can email me to the ad poseidon@mail.vu
Poseidon
Greece - Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 15:33:48 (EDT)
I was just visiting family in Killingworth, CT a couple of weeks ago, and they took me on a long hike during which we amazingly stumbled across a dolmen. It was unmistakable from photos I've seen on this site and on the cover of that book about the prehistoric copper trade. Does anyone have any particular information about the dolmen in Killingworth? Thanks!
Megan Prelinger <alysons@earthlink.net>
CA USA - Thursday, May 17, 2001 at 17:06:16 (EDT)
to quote an earlier historian," the key to north american history lies buried in HURONIA.
ian cameron hackstetter <none>
ont canada - Saturday, June 09, 2001 at 00:03:21 (EDT)
to quote an earlier historian," the key to north american history lies buried in HURONIA.
ian cameron hackstetter <none>
balm beach, ontario canada - Saturday, June 09, 2001 at 00:19:54 (EDT)
Bruce Trigger writes: "The Huron called themselves the Wendat, a term generally believed to mean "Islanders" or "Dwellers on a Peninsula." This term has been interperted as refferring to the large bodies of water that surround the Huron country on three sides, but it may also reflect the Huron belief that the world was an island supported on the back of a turtle."
Tim <timmacs@earthlink.net>
USA - Saturday, June 23, 2001 at 16:51:56 (EDT)
A geat site its wondeful
p.c.man <pemegaman>
fl USA - Monday, June 25, 2001 at 08:30:59 (EDT)
For any NEARA members who are interested in contacting me to find out what's going on in Stamford, I now have an E-mail address. My address is danrocktmc1@hotmail.com
Dan Rockwell <danrocktmc1@hotmail.com>
CT USA - Saturday, July 14, 2001 at 20:49:32 (EDT)
Here's a site that mentions Native built Stone Fish Weirs:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/histmonth.html
Tim MacSweeney <timmacs@earthlink.net>
USA - Tuesday, July 17, 2001 at 12:51:14 (EDT)
I was delighted to find this site. I have a long-standing interest in Megalithic history. I was especially excited to learn about the Salem Dolman (which is where my father was born and I have much family). I will definitely be joining!!
Melissa Hughey-Brozowski <mbrozows@nycap.rr.com>
NY USA - Sunday, August 12, 2001 at 09:47:44 (EDT)
Nice site...
fonts <hitcoqs@death-star.com>
USA - Wednesday, August 15, 2001 at 21:28:08 (EDT)
Great to find this. After a trip to the British isles in my late teens, I returned to PA and did some hiking. In at least one place north of Allentown on the top of the Kittatinny ridge I saw a configuration of rocks that in Europe would have been considered a human construction but here was said to be just the way the rocks fell. Pretty clever, those rocks! Reading your newsletter corroborated what I had already guessed. There's at least a good chance that such a construction, placed on a large and striking natural outcropping may have been done by pre-contact residents of the area. While that construction has since been partially toppled (the site is, of course, a great favorite for drinking and drugging for local young people), I have a photo of how it looked when I first noticed it. Thanks for being here.
Also, I am preparing an article on the pre-contact residents and visitors in the Lehigh Valley. Any input for the article would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Nancy
Nancy A. Wisser <wissers3@enter.net>
PA USA - Saturday, August 25, 2001 at 08:31:26 (EDT)
Very interesting site, am in Bucksport ME area often and saw article in Boston Glove 9/2/01. I'd like toknow more about that particular site. Also I am very interested in Inusuks, and would like any info on them as well, thanks.
Barbara
USA - Sunday, September 02, 2001 at 12:47:06 (EDT)
Ialso saw information in the recent Boston Globe.Very interesting and I will be back again. Thankyou!
Dawn Williston <willistond@hotmail.com>
ma USA - Tuesday, September 04, 2001 at 19:36:49 (EDT)
Hi to all my old Vt. hiking companions and NEARA friends from all over. Nice to see your site online!
Barbara Sager <barbsager@aol.com>
vt USA - Saturday, September 08, 2001 at 16:05:54 (EDT)
I felt alone in my intersts untill i found this site. i havea deep intrest in the stone chambers in new england, i have read a few books on this topic and the more i read the more i understand the real possiblitys of the way history taught us as kids in schoolis all wrong. I also have been to the Stonehenge site in NH. and I also sought out and found the S Woodstock winter solsitce chamber this past june. when i asked at teh chamber of commerce in Queechie about the chamber she looked at me if i had two heads, she said i waas only the 2nd person in 3 years to ask about it and she knew nothing. I found it by detective work and being lucky. i saw the chamber in very good shape also there is standing stone near road while i was tehre workmen were in process of putting up a gate to the road leading into it. Barry Pells book was the first onei read, then i read Celtic Mysteries of New England also. I hope to visit the Gungywamp site next weekend i hear they are doing a tour. can someone e mail if you know more ? Best wishes SEAN
Sean flynn <hywachee@aol.com>
Ma USA - Saturday, September 15, 2001 at 07:47:57 (EDT)
Hope all is well with NEARA. Any recent publications? Did a term paper
on the then 'Mystery Hill' 24 years ago. Want to go back. We have land in W Maine,
anything around there? Would love to explore. TK
Tom Kelly <tlkelly@capecod.net>
MA USA - Monday, September 17, 2001 at 13:55:54 (EDT)
Hello,
I came upon some scattered rock piles just outside the Granville State Forest. They were oblong shaped with uniform sized rocks. There were maybe 20-30. There were no stone walls in the area. The Park Ranger did not know about them but did mention that there were some in the park that all faced north. Any ideas on what these could be?
Thanks
Marie <nadeaum@novachem.com>
ma USA - Monday, October 01, 2001 at 11:11:26 (EDT)
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