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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Montville ChamberCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 31.244 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: New England Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Nearest Town: Montville CT
Latitude: 41.501530N Longitude: 72.13182W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in New England
A long, narrow tunnel 38 feet long, that leads into a steep hillside, to a beautiful, corbelled chamber. Its age is unknown.
During a hurricane in the 1930's, a large oak tree was uprooted, and left the middle section of the tunnel exposed, the original entrance to the chamber is so well hidden, it likely would have never been found. A very interesting feature of this site, are inscribed [vertical lines, described as "ogham"] at the tunnel entrance. Lichen present within the lines, indicate that it was not carved recently.
The chamber is located off of Leffingwell Rd, in Montville about 300 yards west of a power-line field that crosses the road. The chamber is approximately 1/3 of the way up the hill, and very difficult to find in the heavy brush.
The surrounding hillside and hilltop is littered with interesting cairns, erratics and stone walls with apparent astronomical alignments.
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