tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post4920270604173325366..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: More about Queen's Fortpwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-60895065042579187082015-01-15T20:54:00.303-05:002015-01-15T20:54:00.303-05:00Jim, I used to hang out there a lot when I was in ...Jim, I used to hang out there a lot when I was in my 30's.<br />Sit for hours amidst the boulder field on the eastern flanks. Peaceful beyond measure. And yes, the features around the NE corner are unusual. It's always been at the top of my "special places in RI" list. Because the spiral can lead to speculation by it's very nature, I thought it important to clarify it's Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157718491163454011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-77345653849619856662014-12-24T23:16:54.393-05:002014-12-24T23:16:54.393-05:00Peter, I like to imagine that at one time Gungywam...Peter, I like to imagine that at one time Gungywamp, Mystery Hill, and Queen's Fort all served a similar purpose. There are local Narragansett legends of great pilgrimages made to Queen's Fort in prehistoric times -- a place of great spiritual importance. There are examples in the primary sources demonstrating that hilltop shrines with talus caves inhabited an important spirit associated JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-28612710591952002322014-12-24T23:12:40.949-05:002014-12-24T23:12:40.949-05:00I think there is little question that the upper pe...I think there is little question that the upper perimeter walls, including the bastions, have been heavily disturbed over time. However, there are curious structures at the complex, particularly off the eastern wall, that appear to be long undisturbed and demonstrating an infrastructure more complex than a crude wall around the hill.JimPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07079857211571520647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-10093148182057000262014-12-16T16:06:09.820-05:002014-12-16T16:06:09.820-05:00It is an unusual structure. I have been to a lot o...It is an unusual structure. I have been to a lot of hilltops without anything like it.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-84215847214272211832014-12-15T17:21:41.842-05:002014-12-15T17:21:41.842-05:00The diagram of the stone works mid 19th century, t...The diagram of the stone works mid 19th century, the first illustration above, shows the SW bastion with no spiral arm, further evidence that this particular component of the feature does not predate the 1979 rebuild. The negative of the second 1978 photo above does show a bit more of the ground in the vicinity of the tree in foreground and indicates no spiral. That area was not covered Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157718491163454011noreply@blogger.com