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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blue Mounds Equinox Stone Alignment Alternative Name: Blue Mounds Stone Alignment
Country: United States Region: Great Lakes Midwest Type: Stone Row / Alignment
 Nearest Village: Blue Mounds State Park
Latitude: 43.692238N  Longitude: 96.194677W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Stone Row / Alignment in Great Lakes Midwest

On the first day of Spring (and the first day of Autumn), the sun rises and sets precisely above a quarter mile long row of rocks lined up exactly east and west. According to a park Naturalist, it's more than a quirk of geology. "It's definitely man made. The stones are arrow straight, east and west. You can set a compass by them." The stones are mostly the familiar pink quartzite that's found in so many place in the region. They range in size from "a hefty handful to lunkers the size of a car engine." Theories range from ancient civilizations to some creative and muscular sheep herder who needed a fence on his property.
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