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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.
Foxborough Perched Boulder (1)
Date Added: 12th Jan 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Perched Boulder (1) submitted by stonetracker on 12th Jan 2023. Propped boulder on ledge. Site A on archive.org map.
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Log Text: Right next to High Rock Trail but a bit of a walk from High Rk pkg area
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 Cairn
Date Added: 24th Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Cairn submitted by stonetracker on 24th Jan 2023. The original published map showed a modern rock pile or cairn trail marker on a flat ledge. As of 2016, this was dismantled and re-built as a stone fire ring (shown in photo) with evidence of current use. So the original rock pile is gone.
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Log Text: Park at Thurston St lot. This is on a high flat ledge on a side trail east of the Megley Trail.
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 Standing Stone (4)
Date Added: 19th Jan 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Foxborough Standing Stone (4) submitted by stonetracker on 19th Jan 2023. This is the triangular rock on the left side of the photo. My opinion is that this is natural, either a glacial artifact or a broken off piece of stone due to frost fracture or weathering.
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Log Text: This is 500 ft or so east of Megley Trail near a side trail. Been a while but I recall this being a bushwhack to some extent. Long walk from any of the parking lots.
Foxborough Standing Stone (2)
Date Added: 21st Jan 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Foxborough Standing Stone (2) submitted by stonetracker on 31st Jan 2023. Another view.
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Log Text: A short bushwhack north off of Megley Trail. Closest parking is the Thurston St lot.
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 (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 Stone Ring
Date Added: 23rd Jan 2023
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
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: Thurston St lot the best for access. A bit of a long hike on the first side trail heading east off of Megley Trail, but one plus is that the same trail brings you right by several other sites. Last bit is a 200-300 ft bushwhack into woods and the enclosure is not easily spotted from a distance.
Foxborough Standing Stone (3)
Date Added: 24th Jan 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Foxborough Standing Stone (3) submitted by stonetracker on 28th Jan 2023. Small stone mound nearby witn same marking. Likely a state property boundary.
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Log Text: Site L on published map. Best accessed via a long walk on a side trail east from Megley. The side trailhead is not far from the Thurston St lot. The standing stone is small, slightly off the trail, and rather inconspicuous.
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 Stone Row (2)
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Foxborough Stone Row (2) submitted by stonetracker on 25th Jan 2023. Site now overgrown with pine saplings and difficult to see the entire six-boulder alignment. Several of the boulders are in this photo, flanked by a much smaller stone row segment.
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Log Text: Probably most easily accessed from High Rock Rd parking lot. Site is not far from the jct of High Rock and Acorn Trails, on a 100 ft side trail off of Acorn Trail.
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 (2)
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 (2) submitted by stonetracker on 12th Jan 2023. Propped boulder on prominent ledge. Possibly just a geological/glacial feature but to.my eyes the props look deliberately placed.
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Log Text: Visited again in 2023. No change.
Foxborough Standing Stone (3)
Date Added: 27th Jan 2023
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: United States
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023
Foxborough Standing Stone (3) submitted by stonetracker on 24th Jan 2023. 2 foot high pointer standing stone is small and easy to miss. Note the small supporting stones surrounding the base of the standing stone.
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Log Text: Revisited site. Mostly unchanged, except that the top of stone has been painted blue (see comments)
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.
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 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.