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Prehistoric Lithic Sites Open to the Public
Updated 9 December 2008
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Dighton Rock
A famous petroglyph on the Taunton River in Berkley Massachusetts. This site is part of the Massachusetts State Park System.
Website: http://www.state.ma.us/dem/parks/digr.htm
Gungywump
The Gungywamp Society Interested in "the apparent existence of early Christian religious symbols and old Gaelic messages written in Bronze and early Iron Age Ogam script [which indicates] a long and varied contact between the New World and the Old". Gungywump is located in near New London Connecticut.
Website: http://www.goudsward.com/gungywamp/
Mystery Hill
This site, also called "America's Stonehenge", in Salem New Hampshire combines ancient ceremonial architecture with more recent quarrying and rearrangement. Describing itself as "the most important archeological site in America", the site contains much of interest. Mystery Hill is an hour from Boston.
Website: http://www.stonehengeusa.com/
Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area
Easily visible to hikers are the unusual geological attributes of Pyramid
Mountain, such as Tripod Rock, a 160-ton boulder balanced atop three smaller
rocks, known as a glacial erratic. The broad mountains, flat-topped ridges, and
narrow valleys of Pyramid Mountain are not only beautiful, but also vital in
feeding downstream reservoirs, supplying needed aquifers, and supporting flora
and fauna. Website: http://www.morrisparks.net/aspparks/pyrmtnmain.asp
Additional Sites will added as time allows.
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