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Submitted by thecaptain on Wednesday, 06 February 2008  Page Views: 17218

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gungywamp
Country: United States Region: New England Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: New London, Ct  Nearest Village: Groton
Latitude: 41.416000N  Longitude: 72.056W
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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Gungywamp Stone Row
Gungywamp Stone Row submitted by Sig : This stone row is similar to many seen over here in Olde Englande. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Gungywamp complex consists of paleo and neo-paleo Indian sites, colonial sites, post-colonial sites. Previous "mysterious" sites have been investigated, and re-investigated, and have been explained more here


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Gungywamp Swamp Chamber
Gungywamp Swamp Chamber submitted by Sig : Gungywamp Swamp is near Groton, Connecticut. There are a number of fascinating lithic remains including several stone chambers of which this is but one. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gungywamp Swamp Stone Wall
Gungywamp Swamp Stone Wall submitted by Sig : Stone walls usually enclose something. This one runs from a swamp, up the hill to its peak. There are a number of these in New England, and they usually align with a siginificant Sunrise or Set. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Gungywamp New England site described by local newspaper by Anonymous on Sunday, 26 April 2020
Gungywamp site is now owned by the State of Connecticut, at least since an article in the Day in 2018.
I am surprised that no archaeologists seem motivated to study this extraordinary place! Not even any photos of the Solstice Chamber interior with its corbeled roof? No speculation that it clearly resembles dolmens in structure all over the planet? The stone circle shows evidence of fire but no evidence of a central pivot for the tanning mill theory. This seems to be a very ancient ceremonial area, with several dolmens, a mysterious ledge called the “Cliff of Tears” and standing stones.
This site and Montville Chamber deserve much more attention!
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Re: Gungywamp New England site described by local newspaper by TheCaptain on Monday, 09 June 2008
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For a local topo map of the region, see here. Not sure of exact location, but near as you will get without contacting a local guide.

http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=41.41644,-72.05667&z=14&t=T
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Re: Gungywamp New England site described by local newspaper by Aluta on Wednesday, 06 February 2008
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Also a possible ceremonial stone landscape, of course, but most people don't know about the USET resolution. Thank you, bat400, for posting the article.
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Gungywamp New England site described by local newspaper by bat400 on Wednesday, 06 February 2008
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From the Question and Answer section the Groton Courant newspaper:

What can you tell me about Gungywamp? G.T., East Hartford.

Gungywamp is a 100-acre area in Groton that archaeologists consider a treasure. Its exact origins remain a mystery, but its unusual stonework and artifacts span centuries, if not eons.

Among Gungywamp's features are stone chambers that researchers believe were Colonial-era root cellars or animal birthing shelters erected by English-Scottish immigrants. Archaeologists have found no evidence to support the popular theory that medieval Celtic monks built the chambers. Still, the lack of artifacts in the chambers leaves room for speculation.
North of the chambers are two sets of double concentric circles comprising 21 large quarried stones laid end to end. The circles, about 11 feet in diameter, were most likely part of tanning mills.

Gungywamp's southeastern area contains two disjointed rows of standing stones set in sockets of smaller stones. A bird is carved into one of the stones. Some researchers believe the stones are the remains of a stone wall, but others won't commit to any theory. And no one knows who may have carved the bird, or why.

Archaeologists have unearthed pottery shards and crude stone flakes used to make arrowheads dating from 2000 B.C. to 700 B.C.

Researchers have associated the name, "Gungywamp," with ancient Gaelic, Mohegan, Pequot, and Algonquin terms meaning "church of the people"; "place of ledges"; "swampy place"; or "all powerful" and "white," respectively. Or it could be a corruption of the phrase, "spongy swamp."
Gungywamp is all on private property.

Researchers include members of the Gungywamp Society, an education and research group dedicated to preserving Gungywamp and other archaeological sites in Connecticut.

Information also is available at http://www.gungywamp.com and at http://www.stonestructures.org/html/gun gywamp.html.

For more of the article by Marlene Clark see the article.
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