Restoring Waramaug's Monument (New Milford CT)

New Milford and state to honor Native American chief by restoring monument at Lover’s Leap

By Kaitlin Keane, Staff Writer

Sep 15, 2025

 

NEW MILFORD (CT) – More than two centuries have passed since the monument honoring Native American Chief Waramaug at his burial site in Lovers Leap State Park was dismantled.

“He was a rock star, he really was,” Julie Stuart, executive director of the Bridgewater Land Trust, said at the recent Town Council meeting. “People have cheered at the idea of putting something back to honor his history there..."

 I do know that the Sachem Waramaug/Waraumaug/Warramaug/Raumaug probably did not wear a "Plain's Headdress," as shown in the image.

I don't know who has been consulted about this rebuilding of a Stone Prayer from the Native Community, along with all the great number of things I don't know much about.…

See more:

Waking Up on Turtle Island: Sachem Waramaug's Monument (in the local CT news)

 [From reader James O.]

A few weeks ago I bushwhacked some distance to a relatively inaccessible ridgeline in Harvard along 495. I felt pretty happy with my site-selection once I reached the top of the hill, where I found some very distinct rock piles. 

Farther down the ridge, I found what looks like a small stone chamber built against the protruding bedrock. Not big enough to enter, but if you stick your head in you are greeted with a sky-light. 

Colorado Stone Walls

I was not aware of this example:

Why have people been coming up here for 4,000 years?

Link to Pomperaug's Village (Woodbury CT)

 Envisioning Pomperaug's Village

In the "Long Lots" of Fairfield CT

Above from: The Deer Path “Stone Wall” (Weston CT) Part One

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-deer-path-stone-wall-weston-ct-part.html

Below from: The Deer Path “Stone Wall” (Weston CT) Part Two

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-deer-path-stonewall-weston-ct-part.html

Above: Old Map

Below: the new CT LiDAR viewer

https://maps.cteco.uconn.edu/viewers/

The idea of 1st Americans is a BAD IDEA

I rant on YouTube:

The idea of 1st Americans is a BAD IDEA

Announcement from Mike Luoma

Mike Luoma shares his findings from the Spring at Indian Brook Reservoir Park, Essex, Vermont, including new stone rows, a Boulder Headed Serpent Effigy, and other artifacts, and invites you to engage with his work through his Facebook Group and YouTube Channel.

Note

Review the stonework features documented by Mike Luoma in the published video and consider contributing to his Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England Facebook Group or YouTube Channel. here

Mt Elam - more from reader James O.

Today I went out to Mt Elam, and though I was done in by the sea of mountain laurel (grade C according to your scale in “Shadow under the rock”) I did manage to find some interesting sites well away from the brook that you discuss.

Of greatest interest was a large pile with one obvious hollow and a second less defined depression. A beautiful diamond shaped quartz rock was along the rim of the main hollow. Next to this was a row of mostly buried rock stacks, each with one large flat rock atop a couple layers of smaller ones. I dug down to reveal the stack beneath, and I have included a diagram. 

Nearby were two other piles with hollows, each with a single quartz stone somewhere on top.

Here are the photos of the mound, hollow, quartz stone (loosely Manitou shaped) and one of the (slightly) excavated piles from the row.