Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Mound Designs of Eastern MA

 Thought this might be of interest, from an old rejected article:

Variations in outline design of rectangular mounds with hollows. Styles A-D may be tall and up to 40 feet across; styles E-H are usually low to the ground and less than ~15 feet across. Style I is a crescent shape, usually ~20 feet across.

Index

Type A (typical variations in size of rocks used, wall height, and overall size)
See figures 2, 3, 4
Blood Hill, Ashburnham
Top of Falulah Brook, Fitchburg
Western slope of Alpine Hill, Fitchburg
Southern end of Mount Elam Road, Leominster
Behind Oakmont High School in Ashburnham
Warren Brook, Upton
Peppercorn Hill, Upton
North Brook, Berlin
Gumpass Pond, Pelham, N.H.
Doeskin Hill, Framingham
Fortune Drive, Billerica

Type B (no known variations, ~25 feet across)
See figure 5
Where West Ashby Road crosses Falulah Brook, Fitchburg
East of water tower in Franklin

Type C (usually large, with typical variation in internal structure, height, wall thickness, and squareness)
See figure 6
Top of Falulah Brook, Ashby
Estabrook Woods, Concord
South end of Mount Elam Road, Leominster
Hopping Brook Development, Hopkinton

Type D (three subtypes: (a) waist high and 15 feet long; (b) as a large outline on the ground; (c) as a small outline on the ground)
See figures 7, 8
Callahan State Park, Framingham (a)
Maxant Land, Harvard (a)
Estabrook Woods, Concord (a)
South end of Mt Elam Road, Leominster (b)
Horse Hill, Groton (b)
West of Route 2, at top of Hobbs Brook, Lincoln (c)

Type E (no variation, ~8 feet across)
See figures 9, 10
Where West Ashby Road crosses Falulah Brook, Fitchburg
Where Richardson Road crosses the brook between Wright Ponds, Ashby

Types F, G, and H (found as outlines or pavements on the ground. They are ~8 feet across, hard to make out and the types blend into each other.)
See figure 13
Nashoba Brook trail off Braeside Ave, Acton
East of Rt 2 at top of Hobbs Brook, Lincoln
Scott Reservoir, Fitchburg
Where West Ashby Road crosses Falulah Brook, Fitchburg
Top of Elizabeth Brook, Harvard
Top of Hobbs Brook, Lincoln

Larger forms of type F
See figures 11, 12
Woodbridge Road, Carlisle
The brook between the Wright Ponds, Ashby
Apron Hill, Boylston

Type I (typical variations in size 10-30 feet, made from small rocks)
See figures 14, 15
Scott Road, Fitchburg
Ballard Hill, Lancaster
Nod Brook, Groton
Horse Hill, Groton

Figures
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14
#15 (view downhill)

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