Connecticut
Connecticut is a state rich in lithic structures. Of particular interest ar the Summer Solstice Line and the Manitou stones.
Stone Circles
From Edward Bochnak:
Perched Rocks & Dolmens
From Tom Paul:
From Polly Midgley:
Standing Stones & Manitou Stones
From Sue Carlson:
Rock Stacks & Mounds
From Tom Paul:
Shrines, Enclosures, and Seats
From Tom Paul:
Stone Effigies
From Tom Paul:
- "Eagle's Head" ~ Mt. Tom, Northwestern CT On "Summer Solstice Line".
- "Duckbill" ~ Facing Summer Solstice on "Hammanasset Line"
- "Whale" ~ Madison (split in foreground rock is due East-West)
- "Turtle" ~ a very well formed rock pile
From Tom MacSweeney:
Miscellaneous
From Betsy Brewster:
From Edward Bochnak:
From Tim MacSweeney:
- Indian Fish Weir ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In The Middle
- "Indian Cave" (possible sweat-lodge) ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In the Middle
- Hammer Stone ~ Fresh Water Fishing Place In The Middle
Field Trips
From Sue Carlson:
From Tom Pual:
From Bob Morton:


A small rock stack from Concord MA(left). Compare to the NEARA logo (right).
Maine
Fewer sites have been found in Maine thus far, but the state has fine examples of petrogylphs.
Massachusetts
Stone Circles
From Colgate Gilbert:
From Derek Gunn:
From Edward Bochnak:
From Scott Brown:
From Ann Banks:
From Peter Waksman:
Modern Stone Circle #1 ~ Littleton [P] (appeared ~1985)
Modern Stone Circle #2 ~ Littleton [P] (appeared ~1985)
Stone Chambers
From Sue Carlson:
- Acton "Potato Cave" Plan ~ Acton [P]
- Site Plan
- Side View
- Marlboro Chamber, Entrance ~ Marlboro
- Interior
- NEARA members watch helplessly...
- ....as it is destroyed
- Sherborn Chamber ~ Sherborn
- Plan
- Front Elevation Plan
- Site Plan
- The Bolton Lime Kiln ~ Bolton [P]
- Temenos ~ Shutesbury [P]
- "Shrine" ~ Shutesbury
- Upton Chamber, Entrance ~ Upton
- Interior View
- Related Rock Stack ~ Pratt Hill
- Balanced Rock ~ near chamber
- Warwick "Pig Pen" ~ outside Warwick
- View of Lintel
From Peter Waksman:
From Lisa Grashow:
- Alexander Chamber #1 ~ Warwick
- Alexander Chamber #2 ~ Warwick
- Camp Anderson Chamber ~ Western Massachusetts
- Double Chamber ~ Wendell
From Derek Gunn:
From Scott Brown:
- Acton Chamber
- Palmer Chamber ~ Palmer
- Inside Palmer Chamber Inside is approx. 5' x 7' x 4.5' high. It also has a small square opening in the ceiling approx 15" x 15".
- Caved In Chamber ~ Thorndike
- Webster Chamber ~ Webster
- Inside Webster Chamber
- Double Door Chamber ~ Shutesbury/Hopkinton area
- Petersham Chamber ~ partially destroyed-caved in.
- Temenos ~ Shutesbury
From Tim Fohl:
From Ben Jorgensen:
From Dan Boudillion:
Forges
From Tim Fohl:
Standing Stones & Manitou Stones
From Sue Carlson:
From Derek Gunn:
- Marshfield Standing Stone in Winter ~ Marshfield
- Marshfield Standing Stone at Sunset (March 1 alignment not judged to be significant)
- Same Stone, Devils' Hollow ~ Marshfield
- Underground structure of wall at Devils' Hollow Contains pink quartzite cobbles.
- Quartz Manitou leaning on same wall
- Marshfield Standing Stone II
- Norwell Manitou ~ Norwell
- Plymouth Standing Stone ~ Plymouth
From a friend of Jic Davis:
From Peter Waksman:
From Dan Boudillion:
- Manitou, South boundary of Nashoba Village ~ Boxborough
- Foundation of Shaker Fountain Stone ~ Harvard
Perched Rocks & Dolmens
From Sue Carlson:
From Lisa Grashow:
From Derek Gunn:
From Peter Gowdy:
From Peter Waksman:
- Perched Boulder, Prospect Park ~ Waltham [P] Courtesy of Tom Riffin.
- Perched Boulder on a Boulder, Estabrook Woods ~ Concord
Courtesy of Jic Davis:
- Perched Rock, Ember Hill ~ Carlisle Summer solstice alignment to distant hill (hidden by trees).
- Ember Hill, side view ~ Carlisle
From Dan Hunt:
Dan Boudillion:
- Dolmen ~ Cape Ann [P]
- Balance Rock ~ Savoy [P]
- Perched Rock ~ Littleton
- Perched Rock ~ Hopkinton
- Perched Rock ~ Cape Ann [P]
- Perched Rock ~ Athol
From Polly Midgely:
Rocking Stones
Two views of a well balanced rocking stone - Carlisle
From Dan Boudillion:
Elongated Mounds & Earthworks
From Ann Banks:
From Peter Waksman:
From Dan Boudillion:
- Crescent Berm, Newtown Hill ~ Littleton [P]
- Praying Indian Dam ~ Littleton
- Earthen Circle ~ Boxborough Esker [P]
Rock Stacks & Mounds
From Peter Waksman:
- Effigy Gallery - Middlesex County
- Field Clearing Pile I (modern) ~ Acton [P]
- Field Clearing Pile II (modern) ~ Acton [P]
- One Rock Stack of a Grid Array ~ Acton [P]
- Sketch of Stack Array Site
- Nashoba Brook Cairn (a common sight near Rt. 2A) ~ Acton [P]
- Turtle Mound ~ Acton [P]
- View of Alignment with quartz
- Nashoba Turtle Mound ~ Littleton
- Back View with white feldspar "cue"
- Foxboro State Forest Turtle Mound ~ Foxboro (by Alan Ruster) [P]
- Rock Stack Array - Hardwick (shows one line of several parallel lines of stacks)
- Detail of one stack
- Detail of another, integrated with ledge rock
- Isolated Flat Rock with 2 courses of rock around top edge ~ Stowe [P]
- Five stacks visible of grid (Joe in red shirt on one) ~ Acton
From Tim Fohl:
From Jeff Kunz:
From Dan Boudillion:
- Stone Bench in Stone Row ~ Littleton
- Keyhole Pile with Aperture ~ Acton
- Rock Pile Effigy - Acton
- Rock Pile Effigy (view 1)
- Rock Pile Effigy (view 2)
- Flat-top rock stack ~ Littleton [P]
- Table or Bench ~ Acton
- Table or Bench ~ Littleton
Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks
From Lisa Grashow:
From Peter Waksman:
- Arrow Petroglyph (Ogam-like inscribed stone) ~ Acton
- Concord Petroglyph ~ Concord Ogam-like inscribed stone, close-up with water added
- From a few feet away
From Derek Gunn:
- Marked Stone ~ Norwell (compared with Ogam example from County Meath Ireland)
- Inscribed Stone ~ Halifax (found by Great Moose)
From Damon Howard:
From Dale Schultz: (courtesy of Ann Banks)
From Sundea Murphy: (courtesy of Ann Banks)
- Inscribed Stone ~ unknown location Described as "near an Indian burial site and next to a flint knapping field"
Shrines, Enclosures, and Seats
From Peter Waksman:
- Shrine at Nashoba Littleton (Courtesy of Norman Muller)
- View with small standing stones
- Close-up with white stone
- Imitation shrine (modern) adjacent to Shrine at Nashoba ~ Littleton
- "U" at Snake Hill ~ Ayer
- Small Seat on Great Hill ~ Acton
- Seat at Estabrook Road ~ Concord/Carlisle
Shrine at Great Brook Farms (Modern) ~ Carlisle
From Derek Gunn:
From Dan Boudillion:
- Stone Enclosure ~ Acton
- Small Prayer Seat ~ Devil's Den
- Prayer Seat ~ Boxborough Esker [P]
- Embrasure in Row ~ Boxborough [P]
Stone Effigies
From Peter Waksman:
- Animal Effigies ~ Acton
- Turtle Vision (enhancement by Tim MacSweeney)
- Fish Effigy ~ Weston
- Spiral Effigy ~ Weston
From Tim Fohl:
- The Great Turtle ~ Carlisle
- Towle Land Turtle ~ Carlisle (Faces winter solstice sunrise over 13 mile distant hill)
From Dan Boudillion:
- Stone resembling a turtle? ~ Littleton (Found circa 1890 in a Westford sand pit.)
Miscellaneous
From Derek Gunn:
From Bradley P. Dean:
From Scott Brown:
From Jeff Kunz:
From Ann Banks:
From Dan Boudillion:
- Stone Lined Spring ~ Littleton [P]
- Corn Grinding Stone ~ Acton [P]
- Two "seats" in Boulder? ~ Boxborough [P]
- Winter Solstice Sunrise at Solstice Rock ~ Boxborough [P]
Coins
From Emeric Spooner:
- Corinthian Hand Struck Brass Coin ~ Lunenburg Dated to B.C.
- Opposite side Includes letters "PEG..."
New Hampshire
Stone Chambers
From Sue Carlson:
From Lisa Grashow:
Acworth Chamber, with Byron Dix ~ Acworth
Bristol Chamber ~ Bristol
Standing Stones & Manitou Stones
From Sue Carlson:
Rock Stacks & Mounds
From Lisa Grashow:
[From Jarlene Cornett and Jane Baribeau]
Perched Rocks & Dolmens
From Peter Waksman:
- Dolmen ~ Madison Springs - note quartz outcrop in background
- Sandwiched cobbles ~ Madison Springs
Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks
From Sue Carlson:
Courtesy of Michael Hathaway:
New Jersey
Tripod Rock Pyramid Mt. State Park in Kinnelon [P]
Highpoint State Park Dolmen & Pyramid Mountain Dolman [P]
New York
New York
Stone Chambers
From Lisa Grashow:
Whangton Rd. Chamber ~ Putnam County
Winter Chamber ~ Putnam County
Interior
From William Pollard:
Mead's Corner Chamber ~ Putnam County
Mead's Corner Chamber, interior ~ Putnam County
Peekskill Hillside Chamber ~ Putnam County
Peeksill Hillside Chamber, Inside ~ Putnam County
Ninham Mt. Freestanding Chamber ~ Putnam County
Ninham Mt. Freestanding Chamber, Second view ~ Putnam County
Oscawanna Heights Chamber ~ Putnam County
Oscawanna Chamber, Inside ~ Putnam County
Oscawanna Chamber, Inside ~ Putnam County
Quartz Artifact found in Oscawanna Chamber
Location of where Artifact was found in 1980
From Scott Brown:
Putnam County Chamber I
Putnam County Chamber II
From Edward Bochnak:
Kent Cliff Chamber
Perched Rocks & Dolmens
From Sue Carlson:
The Salem Dolmen ~ North Salem [P]
Another View
From Edward Bochnak:
The Salem Dolmen
Rocking Rock
From Betty Cypser:
Dolmen ~ Somers
Cobbling Rock
From Polly Midgley:
Perched Rock ~ Dutchess
New Castle Dolmen ~ Westchester
Toppled Dolmen Westchester
Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks
From William Pollard:
Carving ~ Dover
Carving ~ Dover
From Beth Flory:
Raised Letter Inscription ~ Yates County
Sketch of Inscription
From Edward Bochnak:
Frost Valley/Three Rivers Petroglyph
From Polly Midgley:
Frost Valley/Three Rivers Petroglyph I
Frost Valley/Three Rivers Petroglyph II
Rock Stacks & Mounds
From William Pollard:
Whangton Road Hillside Cairn ~ Putnam County
Another View
From Susan Miller:
Cairn ~ Otsego County
Shale Cairn ~ Otsego County
From Dave Schewe:
Quartz Cairn ~ Yates County
Cairn ~ Yates County
Cairn ~ Yates County
Standing Stones & Manitou Stones
From Clark Galloway:
Manitou Stone ~ Dutch Church Site
Stone Markings ~ Dutch Church Site
From Polly Midgley:
>Devil's Tombstone ~ Greene County
Pennsylvania
Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks
From Larry Mulligan:
- Shamokin Petroglyph #1 ~ Shamokin
- Shamokin Petroglyph #2 ~ Shamokin,
- Knapp Stone Inscription ~ Pleasant Mount
- Knapp Stone Inscription (close-up) ~ Pleasant Mount
- Mechanicsburg Stone #1 ~ Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg Stone #2 ~ Mechanicsburg
- Mechanicsburg Stone #3 ~ Mechanicsburg
- Jacob's Ladder ~ Valley Forge
Elongated Mounds, Rows, & Earthworks
From Larry Mulligan:
- The Old Improvement 1 ~ Centre Hall
- The Old Improvement 2 ~ Centre Hall
- The Indian Steps I ~ Pine Grove Mills
- The Indian Steps I ~ Pine Grove Mills (200 meters long, 400 to 600 descent)
- The Indian Steps II ~ Eastville
- The Indian Steps II ~ Eastville
Perched Rocks & Dolmen
From Larry Mulligan:
Public Sites
A slide show of some of the pubic lithic sites.
Simple Picture Slideshow:
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Quebec
Quebec photos.
Rhode Island
Perched Rocks & Dolmens
From Tom Paul:
Elongated Mounds & Earthworks
From Jim Moore:
Rock Stacks & Mounds
From Sue Carlson:
- Parker Woodland Cairn ~ Coventry (Note the single quartz cobble.) [P]
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NEARA member at Parker Woodland [P]
Petroglyphs & Inscribed Rocks
From Jim Moore:
From Edward Bochnak:

