american "stonehenge"

[spike]

I've gone to this place today having been invited to do so by a
relative. I found the things presented to be "facts" as rather
troublesome. Specifically, this retrofitting of the history/geology
of a place to what folks would wish it to be.

Among the troublesome stuff-- the practice of PAINTING around
depressions etc in the rocks in order to "illustrate" what I am
supposed to believe is a "drain" or "drawing" on some rocks that some
ancient people c.4000a.d. "put there."

What I saw was a jumble of rocks that some well-meaning dude in the
1800s arranged/interpreted/destroyed in order to make them say what he
wanted to i.e. a farmer settled there and used various collections of
the rockfall as an oven or a root cellar, that there was an "oracle"
complete with a "speaking pipe" and some pictographs of "deer" that
some 4000a.d. maritime native americans had put there/used etc.

Additionally some rocks that were claimed to have been "lifted" I saw
as the results of natural rockfall.
Unfortunately when we seek out supernatural explanations for things,
we neglect to appreciate the beauty in the natural.

The woods themselves would have been much better off without the
chains and the numbers and the plastic signs.

There was also an astronomical trail (their name) which had more rocks
and things but the weather (hot hot hot) prevented me from
investigating that.

There were several papers in the gift shop that were supposed to be
evidence of "carbon dating" to 4000 ad.

I will be investigating this place further.
IT is located near Salem New Hampshire just across the border from
Massachusetts.

While I don't begrudge the pagans who use those woods to hold
solstices and equinoxes, I certainly would like history and archeology
to be accurately portrayed and held up to the highest standards (ge
peer review literature). I believe that we do ourselves a disservice
in our overzealousness to make a historical place for ourselves (or so-
called "spiritual ancestors") when in fact none may exist.

spike

[Storm>ShamansRune]

Where is this american stonehenge?
I have been part of a stone circle building project called Stones
Rising in Pennsylvania at Four Quarters Farm. It isn't ancient but
very cool still. You should check that out.
BB
Storm

[spike q]

Ive heard about Four Quarters Farm, sweet.
This american stonehenge is in southern New Hampshire across the border from Mass.
spike

ps the current owner will not allow any archeologists into the site.
he claims that maritime indians (who were NOT stone workers)
"built the site"
he claims rune writing on some of the rocks and
also there is the troubling presence of a
(think: human) sacrificial table complete w blood-drains.

aside from the retrofitting of history to a presupposed narrative,
the site itself is pretty enough in spite of any real
connection to the stone henge in England or other stuff.

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