I call this an "aperture" pile because of a deliberate (I guess) hole through the pile:
This is looking out over the beginning of a gully, a few yards below the stone wall that runs across the hill but not quite over the highest point. I climbed up there too, but this seemed to be the location of interest. You would think this vantage point, with a clear shot at Wachusett only a few "feet" away would permit focusing on the mountain. But no, that aperture is pointing west-ish and not towards the mountain. So there is no obvious connection. I was suspicious that this pile was in good shape and isolated. Never trust an isolated rock pile.
But if you look to the left in the above picture, there is tumbled second rock pile there. Facing back uphill:
I am left with the impression that both piles are contemporary but that the well built aperture pile is a reconstruction. And a recent one at that.
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Very cool pile. Of course it is just from looking at the photo, but does the pile look kind of recent? Something about the lack of lichen and minimal debris...
Absolutely it looks recent. Its broken-down companion looked considerably older.
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