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Dixon Mound
Date Added: 6th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dixon Mound submitted by stonetracker on 6th Feb 2023. Long view of mound
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Log Text: Other accounts have described access to this mound as "private" and "no trespassing." But I encountered no such issues on a recent visit. Parked in a nearby lot for town offices, walked in back and the mound was maybe 100 ft to the left in a field not far from a baseball diamond. The mound property was not posted, but the possible enclosure referred to in the description is posted as private.
Hopewell Mound Group
Date Added: 5th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hopewell Mound Group submitted by stonetracker on 5th Feb 2023. Interpretation for the largest known Hopewell burial mound ever built (Mound 25). It actually started as three mounds which were soon conjoined into one as burials and fill were added.
A floor plan from a 1920s excavation at the base of the mound shows fire pits, basins, post holes, and graves.
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Log Text: Found the extant wall and ditch segments, in fairly good shape.
Lake George Mounds
Date Added: 4th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Lake George Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 4th Feb 2023. Useful map of site from an excavation in the 80s.
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Log Text: All mounds are on private property, but Mounds A and B are clearly visible no more than a few 100 ft away from the car pull-off area on Satartia Rd. Mound A is right next to the road and can be viewed at close range via a short walk.
Kings Crossing Mounds
Date Added: 4th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2022. My rating: Ambience 2
Kings Crossing Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 4th Feb 2023. Artist's conception of the site. Mound A is on the right.
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Log Text: Attempted to visit this site, but Mound A is apparently on private property behind some houses. Protective neighborhood dogs dissuaded me from making more of an effort. Mound C may be more accessible behind an abandoned church but I didn't have time to try. The area is very overgrown and winter may be a better time to go there.
Arcola Mounds
Date Added: 4th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Arcola Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 4th Feb 2023. Mound C in center of image, with a borrow pit nearby. Mound B on left and Mound A on right partially blocked from view.
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Log Text: All mounds are on private property. There is a pull-off on Old Rte 61 next to a private field rd (no legal access on any of the field roads) that allows a limited view of Mound C (in a grove of trees) and a very small part of Mound B to its south. But the largest Mound A is blocked from this vantage point. It is possible to get a better view of Mound B farther down the road by walking, but no safe place to park.
Mont Helena
Date Added: 4th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Mont Helena submitted by stonetracker on 6th Feb 2023. Wider view
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Log Text: The one remaining mound is on private property. There is a Victorian mansion on top. Closest view from a vehicle is a pull-off on Rolling Fork Rd, about 800 ft from the site. Good visibility.
Grace Mounds
Date Added: 4th Feb 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Grace Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 4th Feb 2023. Mound B...about half of Mound A's height.
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Log Text: Although the mounds are on private property, you can park within 100 ft of Mound A and a few hundred feet of Mound B in a pulloff area next to a historic marker with good visibility.
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: 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 Stone Row (1)
Date Added: 1st Feb 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Stone Row (1) submitted by stonetracker on 1st Feb 2023. Four aligned boulders from north to south
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Log Text: Access is the same as that for the Foxborough Dolmen (see that visit log). This site can actually be seen from the dolmen, which is about 100 ft to the north.
Foxborough Dolmen
Date Added: 1st Feb 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Foxborough Dolmen submitted by stonetracker on 1st Feb 2023. Overall view of dolmen or pedestaled slab, if you will. One of the small support stones is on the left.
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Log Text: Site is equidistant from either the High Rock or Thurston St lots. From Thurston St, take Megley Trail about 3/4 of a mile. After you pass the side trail to Foxborough Standing Stone (2), take the next side trail for 50 ft east to the site which is on a flat ledge.
Foxborough Standing Stone (5)
Date Added: 1st Feb 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Foxborough Standing Stone (5) submitted by stonetracker on 31st Jan 2023. Standing stone as of 06/2017. Stone has broken in half and at least one piece now lies on ground in front. There are a few other support stones at the base.
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Log Text: Best accessed from Thurston St lot via Megley Trail. About 400-500 ft past Foxborough Perched Boulder (5), it's a 100 ft or so bushwhack north off the Megley Trail.
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 Standing Stone (2)
Date Added: 31st Jan 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 2
Foxborough Standing Stone (5 submitted by stonetracker on 21st Jan 2023. Site Q on published map. This standing stone was originally twice as tall but the top half broke off sometime between 2003 and 2017. The broken half is lying on the ground in the foreground. The buttress stones are still there. Clearly manmade.
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Log Text: An update on access. This site is accessed from a trail north from Megley, opposite the Dolmen site trailhead. Climb up trail 100 yds or so onto open ledges. Just after the ledges, turn right and bushwhack into the woods about 75 ft. Site is very difficult to spot from trail as it is surrounded by trees; GPS is helpful.
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 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.
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site
Date Added: 29th Jan 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2006. Hopewell Culture NHP, Mound City Group.
Inside the main enclosure, this is a view looking toward the west. The large mound farthest back is the "Central Mound," the largest of the group. Closer is an elliptical mound, and a smaller conical mound is closest.
* The "Central Mound" was erected over the remains of two timber buildings with 13 cremated burials. Artifacts found included falcon effigies cut from copper sheets and fragments of human skull that had been cut and drilled (perhaps ...
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Log Text: Site is as described in the overview and comments. A mostly faithful reconstructed site, due to damage from previous excavations and military or agricultural use of property. Many Hopewell mound and earthworks sites have suffered from similar modern activities. Some have been at least partially rebuilt.
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 Stone Ring
Date Added: 27th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023
Foxborough Stone Ring submitted by kjsmith on 22nd Sep 2016. Foxboro State Forest
Accessable to the public
This is the stone ring listed on their website at this Lat/Long
There is another, but it isn't on Google Earth
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Log Text: Revisited this (Site N) recently. No changes, but got better photos. Also located rockpile nearby.