<< Our Photo Pages >> Fort Hill Sharpening Stone - Polissoir in United States in New England
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Fort Hill Sharpening StoneCountry: United States Region: New England Type: Polissoir
Nearest Town: Eastham MA
Latitude: 41.822223N Longitude: 69.963231W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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stonetracker visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Site is maintained by the Cape Cod National Seashore unit of the NPS and accessible by foot trail from either Hemenway Rd or the Fort Hill area. The trail from Hemenway is paved and therefore disabled access is possible. Rock and markings in very good condition.
There is no agreement on how long the sharpening stone was used, but there is other evidence of Native American presence in the area for thousands of years. The boulder was originally located down at the water's edge in the salt marsh. It was moved to its present location on a bluff in the 1960s and interpretive signage installed by the NPS.
The site is only accessible by NPS-maintained foot trail from either Hemenway Rd to the north or the Cape Cod National Seashore Fort Hill area to the south
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