<< Our Photo Pages >> Oley Hills - Cairn in United States in Mid Atlantic
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Oley Hills Alternative Name: Longswamp SiteCountry: United States
NOTE: This site is 25.937 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Allentown/Reading Nearest Village: Longswamp, PA
Latitude: 40.495000N Longitude: 75.654W
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 |
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Features at Oley Hills include cairns of various shapes and sizes, interestingly-shaped stones and boulders, and wandering walls which in places link the other elements. One interpretation of its layout is that it served as a sort of ritual mnemonic device, like a 'stations of the cross,' each feature representing a story or part of a story. It's likely, however, that the site had multiple purposes, including astronomical ones.
Note: See comment. Documentation by academics, with the cooperation of Fred Werkheiser and some of the Lenape people.
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