<< Text Pages >> Big Rock, Charlotte NC - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in United States in The South
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Big Rock, Charlotte NC Alternative Name: Indian RockCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 18.776 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: The South Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Charlotte, NC
Latitude: 35.061500N Longitude: 80.8277W
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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Natural Stone in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.A natural granite monadnock overlooking Four Mile Creek near Charlotte, North Carolina. Big Rock is associated with archaeological finds of stone and bone tools dating back 7000 years, and collected bones and shells. Contact Era natives and European colonists used the site as a lookout, landmark, and gathering place.
An unofficial gathering place for locals, the site and surrounding land is planned as a county nature preserve. Note: Look for the sign on Elmstone Drive indicating the trail to the "Big Rocks".
Note: North Carolina county plans to preserve ancient "Big Rock" gathering site in a nature preserve.
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