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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hackettstown Ceremonial Stone LandscapeCountry: United States Region: Mid Atlantic Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Hackettstown, NJ
Latitude: 40.854000N Longitude: 74.829W
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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Mysterious rock piles in New Jersey.
An outstanding feature of this site is a fine wavy or serpentine wall with a very good example of a tipped-up triangular stone at the end of it, making it look very much like a snake. This kind of feature is frequently seen at sites that are in low areas near marshes or springs. The site also has unusually-shaped natural boulders, which seem to be part of the complex.
This site is in woods outside Hackettstown New Jersey. There is a lovely waterfall in another part of the same woods. The greater part of the stone features are in a lower area, rather wet, with a small brook and springs.
The rock piles here, unlike those in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, for example, are wider than they are high, perhaps ten feet in diameter, but only four feet high. That's an estimate. I didn't measure. An outstanding feature of this site is a fine wavy or serpentine wall with a very good example of a tipped-up triangular stone at the end of it, making it look very much like a snake. This kind of feature is frequently seen at sites that are in low areas near marshes or springs. The site also has unusually-shaped natural boulders, which seem to be part of the complex.
From the looks of it, the stone features there now are only part of what once was here. Some rock piles are collapsed and in places there seem to be remnants of lost features. The site also has a circle of low stones surrounding a flat rock. It is not known whether that is part of the original complex. It could be a later addition.
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