Friday, February 03, 2017

Continuining to walk clockwise around Sandy Pond

Walking clockwise on the north side of Sandy Pond, Lincoln the account left off here:
Continuing as the trail nears the northern end of a little wetland, on the  right is a small rectangular  horseshoe-shaped pile.
Hard to photo:
It wasn't until we got around to the northeast side of Sandy Pond, along the edges of that wetland, that more extensive mounds started to show up. This gives you an idea:
This whole side of the wetland has a "debris" of stones piles along it.  I have seen very similar things at Woodbridge Rd in Carlisle. This was more extensive.
I am looking over the photos, trying to decide what to post. How about this:

I am pretty sure that is what a pile looks like when it has been deconstructed. It's what a vandalized pile looks like. But actually, there were so many other things:
View back up towards the path:
These are long mounds with hollows. Sometimes it seemed an extended complex, sometimes a collection of separated features. Here the view is to the west or northwest:
Let's take another look at that first example:
Again:
It is almost a spiral.
Here some little "chambers" going along the same wetland edge:
It is clear these are deliberate structures.

2 comments :

  1. Bob Daniells11:06 AM

    Have you considered running some ground penetrating radar on the mounds to see what may be inside?

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  2. If you have access to something that will look through rocks, I would be thrilled to use it - although it might be considered disrespectful.

    But, to tell the truth, I don't think there is anything in there to see.

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