tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post9074375554130722722..comments2024-03-14T01:33:48.461-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: In Search of Rhode Island's Lost Stony Fort (by JimP)pwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-77518287628286045112023-03-14T15:57:27.523-04:002023-03-14T15:57:27.523-04:00Send me a pin! Send me a pin! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-81472640645608308292022-09-07T17:46:20.888-04:002022-09-07T17:46:20.888-04:00I knew where they are my friend lives there we use...I knew where they are my friend lives there we used to dirt bike in the woods there’s more than one fort along stony fort road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-41921557852261276052021-04-16T18:26:10.003-04:002021-04-16T18:26:10.003-04:00I just bought on Stony Fort and would love an adve...I just bought on Stony Fort and would love an adventure in the near future. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840818739936860392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-44438768327274915682015-11-03T13:35:37.240-05:002015-11-03T13:35:37.240-05:00The fort along with an old indian fort near the gr...The fort along with an old indian fort near the great swamp are shown on an 1895 Rhode Island atlas.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-10923587993726543512014-05-05T16:36:23.132-04:002014-05-05T16:36:23.132-04:00Also an FYI about me Steve -- I have met and hiked...Also an FYI about me Steve -- I have met and hiked with Jim Egan -- showed him some petroglyphs many moons ago -- and I have been a friend of NEARA's for a long time.JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-9571457763864723622014-05-05T16:08:10.707-04:002014-05-05T16:08:10.707-04:00Steve - I have counted at least five potential sit...Steve - I have counted at least five potential sites worth exploring using both Google Maps satellite view and Bing's bird's eye view on all sides of the promontory. I would appreciate learning about whatever you and your associates find. Of course, please be respectful of private land.JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-30969728469954344432014-05-05T15:51:25.796-04:002014-05-05T15:51:25.796-04:00Jim,
Just found the area you have shown us in you...Jim,<br /><br />Just found the area you have shown us in your pictures. I know precisely where it is now!! As I said above, we will get there by Monday of next week for you!!!<br /><br />SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-75780591928868588562014-05-05T15:28:11.571-04:002014-05-05T15:28:11.571-04:00Thanks Jim. I should have thought of that! dc.Thanks Jim. I should have thought of that! dc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-59020597788870978652014-05-05T15:07:14.592-04:002014-05-05T15:07:14.592-04:00My associates and I are ready and willing to go an...My associates and I are ready and willing to go and look for this structure or collection of stone structures. If someone could give us an approximate GPS, then we can try to get there within a week or so. <br /><br />We will send pictures, measurements and other pertinent info to you and others, if we locate the approximate area of where to look. There would be nothing greater than to find Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-2914557846957892192014-05-05T13:10:56.468-04:002014-05-05T13:10:56.468-04:00Addendum #3 - Another reference, more information,...Addendum #3 - Another reference, more information, perhaps a map of the actual location, and evidence that it has been dug:<br /><br />"Fortunatelv this statement may, it is believed, now be modified. That careful antiquarian and field worker in the early lore of the South County, Albert E. Lownes, states that he has traced an ancient path from the eastern shores of Wordcn's Pond to JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-41761198518939513692014-05-05T12:40:07.770-04:002014-05-05T12:40:07.770-04:00Addendum #2 - I found another reference and more i...Addendum #2 - I found another reference and more information about the location of Stony Fort.<br /><br />"Stony Fort is back of Carr's, east of Arnold Sherman's. The brook there is called Fort brook. See deed from Anthony Low to Jeffry Champlin. N. Kingstown Records." (Collections 1835:407)<br /><br />COLLECTIONS of the Rhode-Island Historical Society, 1835. Vol. III. Pg. 407. JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-24906585537599000032014-05-05T12:27:46.674-04:002014-05-05T12:27:46.674-04:00Addendum -- NEARA Journal, Volumes 11-16, 1976 has...Addendum -- NEARA Journal, Volumes 11-16, 1976 has a reference to stony fort.<br /><br />"associated with the local Indians of the 17th Century. Not to be confused with Queen's Fort in the same town. Stony Fort is supposed to exist near the North Kingstown-Exeter town line."<br /><br />So this has been a mystery for a long time - even in NEARA.JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-21495323859224294602014-05-05T11:06:25.566-04:002014-05-05T11:06:25.566-04:00According to everyone from Sidney S. Rider to town...According to everyone from Sidney S. Rider to town records and state records, the land where Queen's Fort sits was once owned by the Wilkie family -- so Queen's Fort and Wilkie's Fort are one and the same.<br /><br />But there's always a chance those sources have had it wrong . . .JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-86113577974978438232014-05-05T10:46:42.765-04:002014-05-05T10:46:42.765-04:00In reading about Queen's fort, I found this me...In reading about Queen's fort, I found this mention of another old stone Indian "fort" nearby. Anyone heard of it?<br /><br />"The Pettaquamscutt Purchase line is a noted line running nearly north and<br />south. The famous old Ten Rod Road runs through the entire length of this<br />town, from east to west. The ruins of Wilkey Fort (an old Indian fort) are<br />in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com