Monday, November 12, 2007

Split Filled Boulders along the Taconic State Parkway - with Norman Muller and Larry Harrop

Larry Harrop wrote (and I edited slightly). Let's go take a look:

I just posted a site that Norman visited.
http://rockpiles.ws/blog/index.php?/archives/2007/11/12.html

I'm sure a lot of people would enjoy seeing this beauty.
The full description with pictures is here.
http://rock-piles.com/fahnestock/index.html
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5 comments :

  1. pwax4:15 PM

    Right on! Especially to the last few sentences.

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  2. Geophile5:36 PM

    Great! Beautiful site. Isn't this near the area of the Putnam County stone chambers?

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  3. Anonymous9:28 PM

    This is the first time I've seen stonework in this part of NY. I believe there are stone chambers nearby, but they don't interest me as much as the unusual stonework that I saw.

    Norman

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  4. Geophile5:34 AM

    I've seen some of the chambers, and you're right. What you've shown us is more interesting. I didn't have the sense at the chambers that I was looking at the same kind of stuff, made with the same intention, that I've seen at other sites. So much has been made, in some circles, of those chambers at Putnam, yet this sort of thing has gone relatively unnoticed.

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  5. Anonymous9:07 AM

    Fig 2 in my article on the Fahnestock stone features is curious the way the stone cairn climbs the side of the boulder to the right. I should have studied this more carefully, because I wouldn't be surprised if the stones don't trace a crack in the boulder. If stones could not be inserted in cracks, they were often placed over them, symbolically bridging the two halves. This could be the case in this instance.

    Norman

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