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Foxborough Prayer Seat and Stone Ring
Date Added: 1st Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat and Stone Ring submitted by stonetracker on 23rd Jan 2023. The U-shaped enclosure.
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Log Text: Revisited this site. Access as described in 2018. The side trail northwest off of Megley is directly opposite the side trail southeast to the Dolmen site. The trail leads directly to the site over a series of steep ledges. The site itself is on the highest flat ledge.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (9)
Date Added: 21st Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Foxborough Prayer Seat (9) submitted by stonetracker on 21st Jan 2023. A horseshoe or U-shaped stone structure. possibly a "prayer seat." The structure appears to be partly buried or the topsoil has filled in to some extent.
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Log Text: Site X on published map. Access probably closest to the High Rock parking lot. Hike down High Rock Rd past the Megley Trail jct. Just before a waterhole, take a side trail north and walk 200 yards or so. The site is off trail about 30 ft on the left.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (8)
Date Added: 1st Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (8) submitted by stonetracker on 1st Feb 2023. Another angle
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Log Text: This is Site U on published map. See visitor log for Foxborough Prayer Seat (7) for access.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (7)
Date Added: 23rd Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (7) submitted by stonetracker on 1st Feb 2023. Site T on published map.This prayer seat is in so-so shape. Either degraded or partially buried. Its twin, Foxborough Prayer Seat (8), is only 40-50 ft east in similar shape
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Log Text: Site T on published map. Best accessed from Thurston St lot. There are a number of trails to get there (one being a side trail south off of Megley), all long, and with a roughly 300 ft bushwhack at the end from the nearest trail.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (7)
Date Added: 1st Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (7) submitted by stonetracker on 23rd Jan 2023. Took some effort to find, as it is in the bushes. The U-shaped enclosure, which could be a prayer seat, has settled a bit into the topsoil.
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Log Text: Revisited. No change but added a photo. This site is located in difficult terrain, as it is deep in a valley with steep sides and no direct trail. If you approach from the south, be prepared to cross a wetland.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (6)
Date Added: 19th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (6) submitted by stonetracker on 19th Jan 2023. Small horseshoe or u-shaped structure. Possibly a "prayer seat." Smaller than similar structures in the area and somewhat degraded condition.
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Log Text: Site O on published map. This is a fair distance south of High Rock Rd trail and well southeast of Megley, about 50 ft off a side trail. Long walk from any of the parking lots.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (5)
Date Added: 28th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (5) submitted by stonetracker on 28th Jan 2023. Front view. Prayer seat overlooks a wetland.
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Log Text: A number of ways to access, but the shortest way is from Thurston St. Take Megley trail north for 1/2 to 3/4 mile then take a side trail on right down a steep slope for 100-200 yds. Site is 100 ft east bushwhack in the woods and not easy to spot from side trail due to overgrowth. But site itself is clear of trees.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (5)
Date Added: 28th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (5) submitted by stonetracker on 28th Jan 2023. Front view. Prayer seat overlooks a wetland.
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Log Text: A number of ways to access, but the shortest way is from Thurston St. Take Megley trail north for 1/2 to 3/4 mile then take a side trail on right down a steep slope for 100-200 yds. Site is 100 ft east bushwhack in the woods and not easy to spot from side trail due to overgrowth. But site itself is clear of trees.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (4)
Date Added: 15th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Prayer Seat (4) submitted by stonetracker on 15th Jan 2023. Site C in archive.org map. Good condition as of 2018.
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Log Text: Horseshoe or U-shaped structure. Possibly a "prayer seat." This is a bit of a bushwhack east of Messenger Rd trail or northeast of High Rock Rd & Megley trail jct.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (3)
Date Added: 14th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (3) submitted by stonetracker on 15th Jan 2023. A modern stomr fireplace and seat close to this site. The intent of this photo is to show evidence of modern usage very close to the prayer seat site, i.e. the little fireplace/niche and the stone seat on supports which I believe are fairly new. We sometimes see modern practical structures around here juxtaposed with possibly more "ancient" structures like prayer seats.
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Log Text: Horseshoe or U-shaped wall of rocks. Possibly a "prayer seat." Considerable bushwhack off Messenger Rd trail. Roughly 500 ft east of the Foxborough Cairn site.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (2)
Date Added: 13th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Prayer Seat (2) submitted by stonetracker on 12th Jan 2023. Horseshoe-shaped stone structure.
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Log Text: Horseshoe-shaped wall of rocks, conventionally referred to as a "prayer seat." A bit of a bushwhack to find off the trail system.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (11)
Date Added: 30th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Foxborough Prayer Seat (11) submitted by stonetracker on 30th Jan 2023. Site Z on published map.
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Log Text: Site Z on the published map. Best way to get to this site is to park at the High Rock Road summit and hike down High Rock Rd. Take a left onto Messenger Rd and walk about 100-200 yds north past the waterhole to a height-of-land. The site is about a 100 ft bushwhack left (west) into the woods. Despite what the published map says, it is not easy to see from Messenger Rd due to brush, so a GPS device is helpful.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (10)
Date Added: 24th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (10) submitted by stonetracker on 24th Jan 2023. This is a rather damaged U-shaped enclosure that utilizes an outcrop for its back wall. It is unclear whether the stones were placed by man or nature, but they do have what looks like a deliberate arrangement.
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Log Text: Site Y on published map. Trail access and parking is the same as Foxborough Prayer Seat 3. The site is 400-500 ft SE of the latter, on an outcrop in relatively open woods. A bit difficult to spot.
Foxborough Prayer Seat (1)
Date Added: 15th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Foxborough Prayer Seat (1) submitted by stonetracker on 15th Jan 2023. A little more degraded than similar structures in the area. This is Site lowercase a on the archive.org map.
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Log Text: Horseshoe or U-shaped structure. Possibly a "prayer seat." Not far off a side trail, but a long walk via main trails from any of the parking areas.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (6)
Date Added: 26th Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Perched Boulder (6) submitted by stonetracker on 26th Jan 2023. Large boulder sitting on one prop stone. Could be an accident of nature except that the prop appears to have been inserted long after the boulder settled there.
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Log Text: Site S on published map. Best accessed from the Thurston St parking lot. About 1/4 mile down a side trail that runs east from Megley Trail. Site is right next to the trail on the right.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (5)
Date Added: 23rd Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Perched Boulder (5) submitted by stonetracker on 31st Jan 2023. An odd combination of perched boulder and standing stone no more than 10 ft from the propped boulder. The standing stone in particular looks put there by human hands, but who's to say.
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Log Text: If this is the same structure as that on the published map, this was a short bushwhack north off the Megley Trail for me and not a 1/4 mile as described. Needs to be verified. Easiest to walk in via Megley from Thurston St lot.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (5)
Date Added: 31st Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023
Foxborough Perched Boulder (5) submitted by stonetracker on 23rd Jan 2023. Round 3' x 4' boulder with a single prop stone. Appears to be deliberately placed and not natural.
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Log Text: Another visit. No changes, but added a photo or two. I confirmed that this is a short 100 ft bushwhack north from the Megley Trail, which you can see from the site during winter.
An interesting ancillary site very close to the propped boulder, not on published map. See photo.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (4)
Date Added: 27th Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Perched Boulder (4) submitted by stonetracker on 27th Jan 2023. Wider view.
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Log Text: Site M on published map on small knoll. Access via same unnamed side trail off of Megley as Sites J, S, K, L and Y. After Site L, at the next trail jct, its about a100 yd bushwhack S or SE into the woods.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (3)
Date Added: 27th Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Perched Boulder (3) submitted by stonetracker on 27th Jan 2023. Boulder with one prop stone. The short wall feature is directly in front of it.
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Log Text: Site K on published map.Best accessed from Thurston St lot. About a 1/2 mile east on a side trail that runs off of Megley Trail, then a short 75 ft bushwhack into the woods. The same unnamed side trail goes right by Sites J, S, and L on published map.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (2)
Date Added: 14th Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Perched Boulder (2) submitted by stonetracker on 27th Jan 2023. Photo from 01/2023. There appear to be two prop stones for this boulder.
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Log Text: On an unnamed side trail that runs east of Megley trail. Several structures are on this side trail.