Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Blood Hill (one last thing)

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I thought this was an attractive example of a pile, fallen off a boulder:   But looking over the pictures later, it occurs to me that t...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Blood Hill (3) - below the main mound

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Downhill from here there was another cluster of low piles and then the bottom of the valley, marked by a stone wall.  Here is a view back u...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Blood Hill (2) - the main mound

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Referring to part 1 [ here ], I went down hill from the wall corner and found a big mound filling the  head of the valley with water, now fl...
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The Water Temple of Inca-Caranqui

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[Not directly rock pile related but reminded me of Blood Hill - which seems to involve water manipulation]  From article in Archaeology by...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

Blood Hill (1) - above the main mound

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Blood Hill is a big hill just north of the border between Ashby and Fitchburg. I saw it looming over me while driving around looking for s...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Another look at the large mound on Blood Hill - Ashby MA

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Summit of Blood Hill - Ashby, MA

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This is a pretty big hill, 2/3 of the way to Monadnock. I thought it would be worth checking out the summit before exploring the the valleys...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

"Find a Trail"

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or so says Sir Bikes Alot. Lake Crabtree Park. Raleigh, NC http://sirbikesalot.com/showfiles.php?sid=8&ci=2&pk=66&tr=1...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

A snippet of the Ashby-Ashburnham

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Look at this and think "there are probably more than 10 sites here". And it is a little less than an hour's drive. Doesn't...
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Out and about...almost to NH

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I had a most pleasant experience north of the Fitchburg Reservoir in Ashby Sunday. I found a big hill to climb and a spring and brook to des...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Another small anomaly near Falulah Brook

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If you stand on West Ashby Rd, where it starts at Ringe Rd, and look south, there is another glacial ridge just south of the one you are sta...

Old Millworks on the Falulah

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This brook, a favorite of mine, was also a place of a lot of activity to provide power to the town of Fitchburg. So I have to contend with ...

Gates Pond Rd

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In the patch of woods between this road and Rt 495, on the east side of 495, saw one of those short walls that goes down into a dip: And ...