Tried to zoom the camera a bit (clicking on the photo):
It goes without saying that this is in pretty good repair and looks recent. It reminded me of something I read in Mavor and Dix about a modern rock pile built at a spring on a golf-course. Was that Holliston or Hopkinton? I couldn't find it in Manitou when I got home.The stone mound is roughly here:
Update: I just noticed this is a Golf Course. Must be the one mentioned in Mavor and Dix. Cool huh?
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It was mention in a chapter by Mavor in the NEARA ABC book, if I recall correctly.
Thanks James, excellent catch. I am now reading page 64 of the NEARA ABC book. There are some clues to a nearby rock pile site. Wonder if I can find it from their hints.
When I get a chance to cross check something Mavor and Dix write, I usually find them to be quite accurate. So when Mavor mentions a hilltop about 1 mile from the large pile, I took another look at the topo map in that neighborhood. Unfortunately there are about 5 hilltops about a mile away from the large pile. Some can be eliminated but there is some exploring to do. Gotta get used to driving down to the Hopkinton exit! Anyone else want to do some of the footwork?
I took you to another site a few years back called Miller's Hill on the topo map. It's within a mile or two of the golf course.
That I do not remember. But I'll check it out.
I should ask: were there "platforms and mounds" there?
There was an enormous "platform" built into a wall. A 4 sided square structure about 30 feet on a side and 2-1/2 to 3 feet high. It is surrounded by 1 or 2 dozen smaller piles. It is right on the old cart path that starts at the end of the street, which may be called Gorwin Drive, but I could be wrong about that.
I grew up close to this mound. It is situated directly on site of the Pinecrest Golf Course. It is open to the public, play a game of golf and you'll see it. I was never under the impression that it was a mystery. I believe the builders of the golf course placed them there while clearing the fields of rocks to make a nicer course.
The rock pile was not created by PineCrest. My Mom grew up in Holliston since 1950. The pile was there at that time...PineCrest was not. That land was all farm land. The original farm owners did not know who created the pile. Obviously was not PineCrest, which was built in 1955.
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