Most of the stone walls in new england date from around the 1840's during the merino sheep craze. Deforestation was so bad that farmers were forced to pile up rocks instead of building fences with wood.
This area could possible be what is called a Ceremonial Stone Landscape a term used by the United Southern and Eastern Tribes who made a resolution in 2007 asking for these sites to be recognized, in the resolution they said this about CSL. "within the ancestral territories of the USET Tribes there exist sacred ceremonial stone landscapes and their stone structures which are of particular cultural value to certain member Tribes;" "for thousands of years before the immigration of Europeans, the medicine people of the USET Tribal ancestors used these sacred landscapes to sustain the people's reliance on Mother Earth and the spirit energies of balance and harmony" "whether these stone structures are massive or small structures, stacked, stone rows, or effigies, these prayers in stone are often mistaken by archaeologists and State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) as the efforts of farmers clearing stones for agricultural or wall building purposes" w.wiki/84c9 This is a similar site located in Pennsylvania. OSL dating was conducted and the results showed the cairns were erected around 2500 years ago. w.wiki/84bj
@@tombombadil3185 This is a great presentation that shows ceremonial stone landscapes are found all along the Appalachian Mountains. There are thousands of years of history in North America and we are only taught the last couple of hundred. th-cam.com/video/NkZIwe3LV3Y/w-d-xo.html
These are all over the South, some were used during the Civil War to create lines that were easily defended, some were to create fireproof breaks, and some were used as home foundations.
Some were possibly created by the Native Americans as well. A great book to learn more about Ceremonial Stone Landscape is, Stone Prayers: Native American Constructions of the Eastern Seaboard by Dr. Curtiss Hoffman.
Cairn are defined as a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline. It is a practice done all around the world.
Love your work ! If you ever want to explore an 1800’s property close to Hilkiah Grouts original homestead hit me up! I believe I have an his “old Indian well “ on my property… done a lot of research and makes sense to me but would love to have another opinion !
Most of the stone walls in new england date from around the 1840's during the merino sheep craze. Deforestation was so bad that farmers were forced to pile up rocks instead of building fences with wood.
This area could possible be what is called a Ceremonial Stone Landscape a term used by the United Southern and Eastern Tribes who made a resolution in 2007 asking for these sites to be recognized, in the resolution they said this about CSL.
"within the ancestral territories of the USET Tribes there exist sacred ceremonial stone landscapes and their stone structures which are of particular cultural value to certain member Tribes;"
"for thousands of years before the immigration of Europeans, the medicine people of the USET Tribal ancestors used these sacred landscapes to sustain the people's reliance on Mother Earth and the spirit energies of balance and harmony"
"whether these stone structures are massive or small structures, stacked, stone rows, or effigies, these prayers in stone are often mistaken by archaeologists and State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) as the efforts of farmers clearing stones for agricultural or wall building purposes"
w.wiki/84c9
This is a similar site located in Pennsylvania. OSL dating was conducted and the results showed the cairns were erected around 2500 years ago. w.wiki/84bj
@@mysteriousmountains Here in TN I have run across stone piles many times. I just assumed that they were from farmers clearing fields.
@@tombombadil3185 This is a great presentation that shows ceremonial stone landscapes are found all along the Appalachian Mountains. There are thousands of years of history in North America and we are only taught the last couple of hundred.
th-cam.com/video/NkZIwe3LV3Y/w-d-xo.html
Bog burials are being discovered, as a paleolithic traditional, and markers for these sites are usually like them piled up stones.🤔
These are all over the South, some were used during the Civil War to create lines that were easily defended, some were to create fireproof breaks, and some were used as home foundations.
Some were possibly created by the Native Americans as well. A great book to learn more about Ceremonial Stone Landscape is, Stone Prayers: Native American Constructions of the Eastern Seaboard by Dr. Curtiss Hoffman.
Awesome Josh! Nice work brother!!
Kip8gwa “it is piled up” in Abenaki
i thought cairns were celtic
Cairn are defined as a mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline. It is a practice done all around the world.
Or just clearing for someone's garden, Natives raised gardens
Seems it’d be worth bringing in students of archeology with ground penetrating lazers like is uased on TIME TEAM; invite them for Pete’s sake
Love your work ! If you ever want to explore an 1800’s property close to Hilkiah Grouts original homestead hit me up! I believe I have an his “old Indian well “ on my property… done a lot of research and makes sense to me but would love to have another opinion !
It would be along the “old Indian road” aka crown point road . Just west of the reservoir area where the family cemetery used to be