The best rock piles of 2017

Jan 6, Flagg Hill With Joe.


Jan 14:
Theories of trails, cross roads, and site locations.

Jan 26:
Fieldtrips to Sandy Pond with the Ladies from Harvard.

Feb 13:
More theories of trails and horizon padding - ghosts seen in the powdering of snow.

March 30:
Piles from Hillman Minnesota. [Later we heard more about ones from Redwing]

Many public meetings about rock piles, from Rolf Cachat Schilling to NEARA

April 17:
Wonderful new finds from northern Concience Hill, Westford.

April 3:
A nice little place in Groton, where it is hard to find things..


May 4:
Rock pile at bottom of vernal pond. A surprising number of experts emerge on the subject,


May 8th
Rectangular mound with hollow - made of dirt. Looking at the photo, I remember this was one of the nicest things to find - in a place where there were not many loose cobbles available.


June 20:
Rediscovering Mavor and Dix's propped boulder from middle of nowhere Lunenburg:


June 22:
Above Above the Falls with the FFH

Aug 16:
Redwing Mn cairns.

And the energy seems to fade. In many other places I went looking for rectangular mounds and, usually found them. EMC bulldozed a beautiful site. Took some nice walks with friends, especially down in Hopkinton and Holliston. Where the piles are so pretty:


More and more people out finding rock piles on their own.

Oct 30:
Revisiting the Valleys of Cranberry Hill Lincoln:


Nov 28:
A quartz fish effigy (I guess).


Nov 28:
Concord Female Effigy Gone.

More walks, with friends to Abbot-Reed -Powell in Harvard. And with sons on South Manoosnoc.

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