This is about rock piles and stone mound sites in New England. A balance is needed between keeping them secret and making them public. Also arrowheads, stone tools and other surface archaeology.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Solstice Stones, Stonehenge and Patch Hill (CT, England & MA)
If I recall there are no other stones on Patch Hill. I missed your original comment. I would be glad to show it to you sometime. PWax should have my contact information.
Triangulation is best applied on near flat surfaces. There is a pretty good grade between the stone and the rise. Amateur alignments based off the stupid sheet and evidence of indigenous piles lead to the observation. Without either it is a grave marker. Slightly up trail is a wall with three or four platforms. I have not tried to evaluate those. From the first or second platform this may be the pointer rather than the observation point.
If I recall there are no other stones on Patch Hill. I missed your original comment. I would be glad to show it to you sometime. PWax should have my contact information.
ReplyDeleteTriangulation is best applied on near flat surfaces. There is a pretty good grade between the stone and the rise. Amateur alignments based off the stupid sheet and evidence of indigenous piles lead to the observation. Without either it is a grave marker. Slightly up trail is a wall with three or four platforms. I have not tried to evaluate those. From the first or second platform this may be the pointer rather than the observation point.
-Russ M