AB writes: "...something i found up in this area last year, when i didnt have a camera on hand, that reminded me a lot of a smaller version of the tie creek man in whiteshell park that steinbring wrote about. the area features a lot of the same sort of topography, granite barrens, encroachments of heath, stones everywhere. these cobble lines are all over the place, and feel like a trail marker. it WOULD be easy to get lost and turned around in this landscape. the boulder-man i found might be... say.. ten feet long at most, but had a heart stone, and lay exposed on a south facing granite pavement outcropping, near a few of these propped boulders. i have to go back into the area again, from the other side, i think, and try to find that site again..."
propped boulder 11, macintosh run, spryfield, ns
propped boulder 7 and cobble line, macintosh run, spryfield, ns
44N36.165 63W35.399
44N36.165 63W35.399
propped boulder 1, macintosh run, spryfield, ns
44N36.390 63W35.915
44N36.390 63W35.915
propped boulder 4, macintosh run, spryfield, ns
44N43.237 63W39.102
All photos by "long time reader" Abvhiael Crowley lifted (with permission) from the
Very nice photos.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the photos of propped and pedestaled boulders, the question that keeps popping into my mind is, how do we differentiate between natural and artificial constructions? I would say that the vast majority, if not all, of the posted images show natural construction. When the support stones are angular and evenly positioned, then one must seriously consider artificial or human manipulation.
ReplyDeleteThe "cobble lines...all over the place" and the "boulder-man (outline?).. ten feet long at most, but had a heart stone, and lay exposed on a south facing granite pavement outcropping, near a few of these propped boulders" sort of intrigues me...
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