Index:

 

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Vermont

Miscellaneous

Field Trips

Massachusetts

Stone Circles

From Colgate Gilbert:
Burnt Hill ~ Western Massachusetts

From Derek Gunn:
Burnt Hill ~ Western Massachusetts

From Edward Bochnak:

Burnt Hill ~ Western Massachusetts

Burnt Hill, Purple Filter ~ Western Massachusetts

From Scott Brown:
Stone Circle ~ Three Rivers

From Ann Banks:
Stone Circle with Center Stone ~ Leominster

From Peter Waksman:
Modern Stone Circle #1 ~ Littleton [P] (appeared ~1985)
Modern Stone Circle #2 ~ Littleton [P] (appeared ~1985)
 

Stone Chambers

From Sue Carlson:
Acton "Potato Cave" Plan ~ Acton [P]
    Site Plan
    Side View

Marlboro Chamber, Entrance ~ Marlboro
    Interior
    NEARA members watch helplessly...
    ....as it is destroyed

Sherborn Chamber ~ Sherborn
   Plan
   Front Elevation Plan
   Site Plan

The Bolton Lime Kiln ~ Bolton [P]
Temenos ~ Shutesbury [P]
"Shrine" ~ Shutesbury

Upton Chamber, Entrance ~ Upton
    Interior View
    Related Rock Stack ~ Pratt Hill
    Balanced Rock ~ near chamber

Warwick "Pig Pen" ~ outside Warwick
   View of Lintel

From Peter Waksman:
Estabrook Woods Chamber Concord
    Closer

Redemption Rock Chamber

From Lisa Grashow:
Alexander Chamber #1 ~ Warwick
Alexander Chamber #2 ~ Warwick
Camp Anderson Chamber ~ Western Massachusetts
Double Chamber ~ Wendell

From Derek Gunn:
Burlington Chamber with Norman Biggart ~ Burlington
Hardwick Chamber, now destroyed ~ Hardwick

From Scott Brown:
Acton Chamber
Palmer Chamber ~ Palmer
Inside Palmer Chamber  Inside is approx. 5' x 7' x 4.5' high.  It also has a small square opening in the ceiling approx 15" x 15".
Caved In Chamber ~ Thorndike
Webster Chamber ~ Webster
    Inside Webster Chamber

Double Door Chamber ~ Shutesbury/Hopkinton area
Petersham Chamber ~ partially destroyed-caved in.
Temenos ~ Shutesbury

From Tim Fohl:
Chamber (main one near County Road) ~ Littleton
Another Chamber, spotted by Derek Gunn ~ Littleton

From Ben Jorgensen:
Harvard Chamber, Entrance
Harvard Chamber, Mound

From Dan Boudillion:
Littleton Chamber

Adams Chamber

Colonial Spring House [P]

Forges

From Tim Fohl:
Furnace - Carlisle/Westford

Standing Stones & Manitou Stones

From Sue Carlson:
Standing Stone at Burnt Hill

From Derek Gunn:
Marshfield Standing Stone in Winter ~ Marshfield
Marshfield Standing Stone at Sunset (March 1 alignment not judged to be significant)
Same Stone, Devils' Hollow ~ Marshfield
Underground structure of wall at Devils' Hollow Contains pink quartzite cobbles.
Quartz Manitou leaning on same wall

Marshfield Standing Stone II
Norwell Manitou ~ Norwell
Plymouth Standing Stone ~ Plymouth

From a friend of Jic Davis:
Standing Stone near Potato Cave ~ Acton

From Peter Waksman:
Red Manitou on Snake Hill ~ Ayer
White Manitou on Snake Hill ~ Ayer

From Dan Boudillion:
Manitou, South boundary of Nashoba Village ~ Boxborough

Foundation of Shaker Fountain Stone ~ Harvard

Perched Rocks & Dolmens

From Sue Carlson:
Cradle Rock ~ Barre [P]

From Lisa Grashow:
Perched Rock ~ Royalston

From Derek Gunn:
Perched Rock ~ Cohasset
Perched Rock ~ South Peabody

From Peter Gowdy:
Martha's Vineyard Cromlech, site
    Martha's Vineyard Cromlech, close-up
Cannon Rock, Lynn

From Peter Waksman:
Perched Boulder, Prospect Park ~ Waltham [P]  Courtesy of Tom Riffin.
Perched Boulder on a Boulder, Estabrook Woods ~ Concord
 

Courtesy of Jic Davis:
Perched Rock, Ember Hill ~ Carlisle  Summer solstice alignment to distant hill (hidden by trees).

Ember Hill, side view ~ Carlisle

From Dan Hunt:
Perched Rock ~ Upton [P]

Dan Boudillion:
Dolmen ~ Cape Ann [P]

Balance Rock ~ Savoy [P]

Perched Rock ~ Littleton
Perched Rock ~ Hopkinton

Perched Rock ~ Cape Ann [P]

Perched Rock ~ Athol

From Polly Midgely:

Balanced Rock Dolmen ~ Lanesborough

Rocking Stones

Two views of a well balanced rocking stone - Carlisle
    View 1
   View 2

From Dan Boudillion:

Shaker Village Rocking Stone ~ Harvard [P]

Elongated Mounds & Earthworks

Earthworks Northfield

From Ann Banks:
Jog in otherwise straight wall ~ Leominster

From Peter Waksman:

Oval Mound with Ditch ~ Acton
Embrasure in Zig-Zag wall, Estabrook Woods ~ Concord

From Dan Boudillion:
Crescent Berm, Newtown Hill ~ Littleton [P]

Praying Indian Dam ~ Littleton

Earthen Circle ~ Boxborough Esker [P]

Rock Stacks & Mounds

From Peter Waksman:
Effigy Gallery - Middlesex County

Field Clearing Pile I (modern) ~ Acton [P]
Field Clearing Pile II (modern) ~ Acton [P]
One Rock Stack of a Grid Array ~ Acton [P]
    Sketch of Stack Array Site
Nashoba Brook Cairn (a common sight near Rt. 2A) ~ Acton [P]
Turtle Mound ~ Acton [P]
    View of Alignment with quartz
Nashoba Turtle Mound ~ Littleton
    Back View with white feldspar "cue"
Foxboro State Forest Turtle Mound ~ Foxboro (by Alan Ruster) [P]
Rock Stack Array - Hardwick (shows one line of several parallel lines of stacks)
    Detail of one stack
    Detail of another, integrated with ledge rock
Isolated Flat Rock with 2 courses of rock around top edge ~ Stowe [P]
Five stacks visible of grid (Joe in red shirt on one) ~ Acton

From Tim Fohl:
Split Filled Rock (courtesy of Jic Davis) ~ Carlisle

From Jeff Kunz:

Stones on Boulder ~ Acton

From Dan Boudillion:
Stone Bench in Stone Row ~ Littleton

Keyhole Pile with Aperture ~ Acton

Rock Pile Effigy - Acton
   Rock Pile Effigy (view 1)
   Rock Pile Effigy (view 2)

Flat-top rock stack ~ Littleton [P]

Table or Bench ~ Acton

Table or Bench ~ Littleton
 

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From Lisa Grashow:
The NEARA Stone ~ Shutesbury

From Peter Waksman:
Arrow Petroglyph (Ogam-like inscribed stone) ~ Acton
Concord Petroglyph ~ Concord  Ogam-like inscribed stone, close-up with water added
    From a few feet away

From Derek Gunn:
Marked Stone ~ Norwell (compared with Ogam example from County Meath Ireland)
Inscribed Stone ~ Halifax  (found by Great Moose)

From Damon Howard:
Ogam Stone ~ Middleboro

From Dale Schultz:  (courtesy of Ann Banks)
Inscribed Stone ~ Chelmsford (front view)
Inscribed Stone ~ Chelmsford (side view)

From Sundea Murphy: (courtesy of Ann Banks)
Inscribed Stone ~ unknown location Described as "near an Indian burial site and next to a flint knapping field"
 

Shrines, Enclosures, and Seats

From Peter Waksman:
Shrine at Nashoba Littleton (Courtesy of Norman Muller)
    View with small standing stones
    Close-up with white stone
Imitation shrine (modern) adjacent to Shrine at Nashoba ~ Littleton
"U" at Snake Hill ~ Ayer
Small Seat on Great Hill ~ Acton

Seat at Estabrook Road ~ Concord/Carlisle

Shrine at Great Brook Farms (Modern) ~ Carlisle
    View of Entrance
    Close-up with white stone

From Derek Gunn:
Stone Enclosure ~ Belchertown
Stone Seat in Wall ~ Hardwick
Stone Seat ~ Pembroke

From Dan Boudillion:

Stone Enclosure ~ Acton

Small Prayer Seat ~ Devil's Den

Prayer Seat ~ Boxborough Esker [P]

Embrasure in Row ~ Boxborough [P]

Stone Effigies

From Peter Waksman:
Animal Effigies ~ Acton

Turtle Vision (enhancement by Tim MacSweeney)

Fish Effigy ~ Weston

Spiral Effigy ~ Weston

From Tim Fohl:
The Great Turtle ~ Carlisle
Towle Land Turtle ~ Carlisle  (Faces winter solstice sunrise over 13 mile distant hill)

From Dan Boudillion:
Stone resembling a turtle? ~ Littleton  (Found circa 1890 in a Westford sand pit.)

Miscellaneous

From Derek Gunn:
Indian "Grist Mill" ~ Oakham

From Bradley P. Dean:

Indian Corn Grinding Stone ~ Petersham

Five more views: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

From Scott Brown:
The "Indian V" ~ A weir on the Ware river

From Jeff Kunz:

Spring With Cover Stone ~ Littleton

From Ann Banks:
Cross-shaped foundation ~ Leominster
Spring ~ Leominster

From Dan Boudillion:
Stone Lined Spring ~ Littleton [P]
Corn Grinding Stone ~ Acton [P]

Two "seats" in Boulder? ~ Boxborough [P]

Winter Solstice Sunrise at Solstice Rock ~ Boxborough [P]
 

Coins

From Emeric Spooner:

Corinthian Hand Struck Brass Coin ~ Lunenburg  Dated to B.C.
Opposite side  Includes letters "PEG..."

Connecticut

Stone Circles

From Edward Bochnak:

Gungywamp Double Circle

Perched Rocks & Dolmens

From Tom Paul:
Winter Solstice View ~ Madison (on "Summer Solstice Line")

From Polly Midgley:

Table Dolmen ~ Norwalk

Dolmen ~ Danbury

Standing Stones & Manitou Stones
 

From Sue Carlson:
Standing Stone atop French River Stone Chamber

Rock Stacks & Mounds
 

From Tom Paul:
Sloped Cairn ~ Madison

Shrines, Enclosures, and Seats
 

From Tom Paul:
Summer Solstice View ~ Madison

Stone Effigies
 

From Tom Paul:
"Eagle's Head" ~ Mt. Tom, Northwestern CT  On "Summer Solstice Line".
"Duckbill" ~ Facing Summer Solstice on "Hammanasset Line"
"Whale" ~ Madison (split in foreground rock is due East-West)
"Turtle" ~ a very well formed rock pile

From Tom MacSweeney:

Turtle ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In The Middle

Miscellaneous

From Betsy Brewster:
Rock Head - Canton

From Edward Bochnak:

Stone Head

From Tim MacSweeney:

Indian Fish Weir ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In The Middle

"Indian Cave" (possible sweat-lodge) ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In the Middle

Hammer Stone ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In The Middle

Rhode Island

Perched Rocks & Dolmens

From Tom Paul:
Quarried 85 Ton Boulder ~ Thompson (on "Summer Solstice Line")

Elongated Mounds & Earthworks

From Jim Moore:

Queens Fort ~ East Greenwich

Rock Stacks & Mounds

From Sue Carlson:
Parker Woodland Cairn ~ Coventry (Note the single quartz cobble.) [P]
    NEARA member at Parker Woodland [P]
 

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From Jim Moore:
Symbol Rock ~ Southwest RI

From Edward Bochnak:

Narragansett Runestone

Narragansett Runestone, close-up

New Hampshire

Stone Chambers

From Sue Carlson:
Stone Chamber ~ Acworth
Richmond Chamber ~ Richmond

From Lisa Grashow:
Acworth Chamber, with Byron Dix ~ Acworth
Bristol Chamber ~ Bristol

Standing Stones & Manitou Stones

From Sue Carlson:
"Table Rock" ~ Sullivan

Rock Stacks & Mounds

From Lisa Grashow:
One of 6 or 7 cairns on Surry Mountain ~ Surry
A stone structure on Surry Mountain ~ Surry

[From Jarlene Cornett and Jane Baribeau]
Three out of Fourteen Adjacent Cairns ~  Auburn

Perched Rocks & Dolmens

From Peter Waksman:
Dolmen ~ Madison Springs - note quartz outcrop in background
Sandwiched cobbles ~ Madison Springs

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From Sue Carlson:
Bow & Arrow Petroglyph

Courtesy of Michael Hathaway:
Rock Face, with apparent Ogham ~ Carroll County

Vermont

Stone Chambers

From Sue Carlson:
Calendar II ~ Woodstock

From Scott Brown:
South Royalton Chamber I ~ South Royalton
South Royalton Chamber II ~ South Royalton
South Royalton Chamber III ~ South Royalton
Structure in South Royalton ~ South Royalton

From Edward Bochnak:

Calendar II, Midwinter Sunrise 1 ~ Woodstock

Calendar II, Midwinter Sunrise 2 ~ Woodstock

Rock Stacks & Mounds

From Lisa Grashow
Thirty Acres of Stone Cairns, mostly with quartz ~ Newfane

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From Don Ross:
Tanith Figure ~ Central Vermont

Perched Rocks & Dolmens

From Lisa Gannon:

Mt Elmore Balance Rock 

From Donna Martin:

Dolmen ~ Westfield

Maine

Stone Chambers

From Sue Carlson:
Belmont Chamber, Entrance
    Plan

From Dan Boudillion:

Belmont Chamber ~ Belmont

   Belmont Chamber interior

West Chop Point ~ Bath

    West Chop Point interior

Temple Heights tunnel ~ Northport

Standing Stones & Manitou Stones

From Sue Carlson:
H-Mountain
    Side View

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From Sue Carlson:
Embden Petroglyph Site ~ Embden
    Dragon
    Dancing Man
    Dancers
Devil's Head Site
    Inscribed Cartouche

From Emeric Spooner:
Venus? ~ Alamoosook Lake, Orland  Carved in rock, adjacent to Red Paint People burial.

New York

Stone Chambers

From Lisa Grashow:
Whangton Rd. Chamber ~ Putnam County
Winter Chamber ~ Putnam County
    Interior

From William Pollard:
Mead's Corner Chamber ~ Putnam County
Mead's Corner Chamber, interior ~ Putnam County

Peekskill Hillside Chamber ~ Putnam County

Peeksill Hillside Chamber, Inside ~ Putnam County

Ninham Mt. Freestanding Chamber ~ Putnam County

Ninham Mt. Freestanding Chamber, Second view ~ Putnam County
Oscawanna Heights Chamber ~ Putnam County

Oscawanna Chamber, Inside ~ Putnam County

Oscawanna Chamber, Inside ~ Putnam County

Quartz Artifact found in Oscawanna Chamber

Location of where Artifact was found in 1980

From Scott Brown:
Putnam County Chamber I
Putnam County Chamber II

From Edward Bochnak:

Kent Cliff Chamber

Perched Rocks & Dolmens

From Sue Carlson:
The Salem Dolmen ~ North Salem [P]
    Another View

From Edward Bochnak:

The Salem Dolmen

Rocking Rock

From Betty Cypser:

Dolmen ~ Somers

Cobbling Rock ~ Somers

From Polly Midgley:

Perched Rock ~ Dutchess

New Castle Dolmen ~ Westchester

Toppled Dolmen Westchester

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From William Pollard:

Carving ~ Dover

Carving ~ Dover

From Beth Flory:
Raised Letter Inscription ~ Yates County
Sketch of Inscription

From Edward Bochnak:

Frost Valley/Three Rivers Petroglyph

From Polly Midgley:

Frost Valley/Three Rivers Petroglyph I

Frost Valley/Three Rivers Petroglyph II

Rock Stacks & Mounds

From William Pollard:
Whangton Road Hillside Cairn ~ Putnam County

     Another View

From Susan Miller:
Cairn ~ Otsego County

Shale Cairn ~ Otsego County

From Dave Schewe:

Quartz Cairn ~ Yates County

Cairn ~ Yates County

Cairn ~ Yates County

Standing Stones & Manitou Stones

From Clark Galloway:
Manitou Stone ~ Dutch Church Site

Stone Markings ~ Dutch Church Site

From Polly Midgley:

Devil's Tombstone ~ Greene County

New Jersey

Tripod Rock  Pyramid Mt. State Park in Kinnelon  [P]
another view

From Polly Midgley:

Highpoint State Park Dolmen & Pyramid Mountain Dolman  [P]

     Picture 1

     Picture 2

Pennsylvania

Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks

From Larry Mulligan:
Shamokin Petroglyph #1 ~ Shamokin
Shamokin Petroglyph #2 ~ Shamokin,
Knapp Stone Inscription ~ Pleasant Mount
Knapp Stone Inscription (close-up) ~ Pleasant Mount
Mechanicsburg Stone #1 ~ Mechanicsburg
Mechanicsburg Stone #2 ~ Mechanicsburg
Mechanicsburg Stone #3 ~ Mechanicsburg
Jacob's Ladder ~ Valley Forge

Elongated Mounds, Rows, & Earthworks

From Larry Mulligan:

The Old Improvement 1 ~ Centre Hall

The Old Improvement 2 ~ Centre Hall

The Indian Steps I ~ Pine Grove Mills

The Indian Steps I ~ Pine Grove Mills

     (200 meters long, 40⁰ to 60⁰ descent)

The Indian Steps II ~ Eastville

The Indian Steps II ~ Eastville

Perched Rocks & Dolmen

From Larry Mulligan:

Balanced Rock ~ Lewisberry

Miscellaneous

From Larry Mulligan:
Kettle Rock ~ Collegeville

Miscellaneous Locations

From Herman Bender:
"Inukshuk" ~ North of Wisconsin
1 , 2 , 3 , 4

Field Trips

A Field Trip in the Old Days (Sue Carlson)

NEARA Field Trip (Tom Paul)

Surveying Rock Stack in Acton (Bob Morton)