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Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England
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Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Join author and researcher Mike Luoma for Stone Site explorations, theories and history. Mike creates and presents non-fiction documentaries and mini-docs.
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: A Central Massachusetts Stone Chamber
This current entry in Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma's new series of short video presentations focusing in on individual stonework features of interest takes a look at a Stone Chamber of Unknown Origin in Central Massachusetts. Join Mike and step inside this Central Massachusetts Stone Chamber to determine... is it ancient, Indigenous work?
In these "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus" presentations, Mike provides a look at stonework and related subjects in short but informed doses filled with footage, photos and briefly related facts and speculation. These are new creations, compilations using both seen and previously unseen work from his archives. Mike's footage and photos in this instance are from a visit in the Fall of 2021.
If there are stone features you would like Mike to focus on, please suggest them in the comments.
A DIY work by Mike Luoma. Almost everything you see and hear is the work of Mike, with the exception of the Music - Mike uses Royalty-Free work by Composer and Performer Kevin MacLeod. Official music credits follow below:
Music Credits:
Healing by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3860-healing
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4362-silver-flame
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
In these "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus" presentations, Mike provides a look at stonework and related subjects in short but informed doses filled with footage, photos and briefly related facts and speculation. These are new creations, compilations using both seen and previously unseen work from his archives. Mike's footage and photos in this instance are from a visit in the Fall of 2021.
If there are stone features you would like Mike to focus on, please suggest them in the comments.
A DIY work by Mike Luoma. Almost everything you see and hear is the work of Mike, with the exception of the Music - Mike uses Royalty-Free work by Composer and Performer Kevin MacLeod. Official music credits follow below:
Music Credits:
Healing by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3860-healing
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Silver Flame by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4362-silver-flame
License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: An Indigenous Boulder & Stone Assemblage...
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A coalition of conservationists, townspeople, researchers, and tribal authorities, came together to save 14 Acres of Indigenous Stonework at "Manitou Hassannash Preserve" in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. Join Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma at the site as he focuses in on an Indigenous Boulder & Stone Assemblage which dating suggests could be about 500 years old! Mike Luoma's new offering in his ...
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: Redemption Rock
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Redemption Rock is a relic from a war that people have never heard of - or have forgotten. The bloodiest war ever fought on this soil! This new entry in Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma's series of short presentations focused in on individual features of interest turns to the forgotten history behind Princeton, Massachusetts' Redemption Rock, where Indigenous forces returned a colonial captiv...
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: The Calendar Two Stone Chamber
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The latest entry in Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma's series of short presentations focused in on individual stonework features of interest takes a look at a mysterious Stone Chamber in Southern Vermont. Join Mike and head inside The Calendar Two Stone Chamber - which could be an ancient, Indigenous work - in the Woodstock, Vermont area. In these "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Fea...
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: The Calendar One Stone Chamber
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Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma presents an entry in his occasional series of short presentations focused in on individual features of interest. This time around, join Mike for a look at The Calendar One Stone Chamber, which could be ancient, and may be an Indigenous stone chamber, in the Royalton, Vermont area. In an "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus", Mike gives you a...
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: The Upton Stone Chamber
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Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma presents another in an occasional series of short video presentations focused on individual features of interest. In this installment, join Mike for a look at The Upton Stone Chamber, an ancient and possibly Indigenous stone chamber in Upton, Massachusetts In an "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus", Mike gives you a look at stonework and re...
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus: "The Oven" at Raven Ridge
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Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma presents the first in an occasional series of short video presentations focused on individual features of interest. In this installment, join Mike for a look at "The Oven" at Raven Ridge in Monkton, Vermont - a natural stone feature known as an "Anticline". The new "Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England - Feature Focus" lets Mike give you a look at stonework ...
Experiencing Subtle Stone Structures, Possible Effigies, and "Twin" Stone Assemblages Revisited...
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Join Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma as he ventures back into the Jericho, Vermont woods to discover a new field of cairn-like stone structures and more, near the site of stone assemblages he's shared in two previous video presentations on this area, "Experiencing Cairn-Like Stone Constructs, Odd-Shaped Erratics, and More in Jericho, Vermont" (ua-cam.com/video/PsUWaBOoGFo/v-deo.htmlsi=JJKe72...
Ancient Stone Mysteries Of New England: "Yankee Lore"
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You know that stuff "everybody knows" - but isn't true? The cultural equivalent of this in the Northeast of what's now North America is what's called "Yankee Lore"... This is stuff "everybody" in New England "just knows" about the history of the area... but which isn't true. Or, at the very least, is often inaccurate. From "Indians around here didn't build with stone", to the Pilgrims, the myth...
Experiencing Mysterious Earthworks, Odd Boulders, and More in UVM's Jericho Research Forest
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Imagine coming across enormous mounds and ridges on a hill in a forest in Vermont, then going home, looking it up on LIDAR, and seeing a massive grid laid out across the hill! What? Join stone site investigator Mike Luoma as he takes a look at some mysterious earthworks, potential effigy forms, a possibly perched wing shaped stone, and more potential ancient Indigenous stonework he came across ...
Experiencing Stone Rows, Possible Effigy Forms, & More in Boylston, Massachusetts
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In the Spring, Author and Researcher Mike Luoma joined fellow Stone Site Investigator Amanda Riani in seeking out stonework on trails she'd scouted in Boylston. Some surprising and possibly Indigenous stonework remains tucked away upon the former farmlands that are now the woods and forests of suburban Massachusetts. Among the stonework in this presentation, you'll see a short Stone Row that Mi...
Experiencing Part of Manitou Hassanash Preserve in Hopkinton, Rhode Island
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Join Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma for a visit to a very special place, as he joins conservationist and former President of NEARA (New England Antiquities Research Association) Harvey Buford for a tour of Manitou Hassanash Preserve in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, which Harvey helped to see preserved with his local Land Trust. Many thanks to Harvey and to Researchers such as Mary Gage, James Ga...
Experiencing Several Special Stone Sites in Connecticut & Rhode Island
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Join Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma as he makes two trips to Southern New England at the invitation of fellow Stone Site Investigator and former NEARA (New England Antiquities Research Association) President Harvey Buford to visit several Stone Features and Sites in southeastern Connecticut and southwestern Rhode Island. In late November of 2023, Mike joined Harvey, his wife Dyane Plunkett,...
Experiencing Curious Stone Features in Holliston, Massachusetts
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Join Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma for a quick look at some curious stonework in Holliston, Massachusetts. Mike took part in a Field Trip as part of the NEARA (New England Antiquities Research Association) 2023 Fall Conference. The Field Trip was led by local preservationist Joanne Hulbert, who set a brisk pace. With no time for shooting videos, Mike relied on still photos for this short p...
Returning to Possible Stone Prayers in a Hollow Near Richmond, Vermont - In the Snow
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Join Stone Site Investigator Mike Luoma on a quiet tour through Potential Stone Prayers in a Hollow near Richmond, Vermont, as a light snow began accumulating on an afternoon in early January 2024. All Natural Sound! There is no narration nor music on this video, only the natural sound of the snow, wind and distant waters, and Mike's crunchy footsteps through the slightly icy undergrowth. Mike ...
Revisiting Cairn Like Stone Constructs, Odd Shaped Erratics, and More in Jericho, Vermont
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Revisiting Cairn Like Stone Constructs, Odd Shaped Erratics, and More in Jericho, Vermont
Experiencing Possible Serpent Rows and Potential Stone Prayers in a Hollow Near Richmond, Vermont
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Experiencing Possible Serpent Rows and Potential Stone Prayers in a Hollow Near Richmond, Vermont
Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England: What I Look For In The Stones
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Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England: What I Look For In The Stones
Experiencing Stones and Foundations Near Preston Pond in Bolton Vermont
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Experiencing Stones and Foundations Near Preston Pond in Bolton Vermont
Returning to an Old Stone Row in Hudson, Massachusetts
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Returning to an Old Stone Row in Hudson, Massachusetts
Experiencing Possible Effigy Rows and a Stone Mound on an Old Road in the Richmond, Vermont Area
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Experiencing Possible Effigy Rows and a Stone Mound on an Old Road in the Richmond, Vermont Area
Experiencing A Unique Glacial Erratic and other Curiously Shaped Stones in Berlin, Massachusetts
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Experiencing A Unique Glacial Erratic and other Curiously Shaped Stones in Berlin, Massachusetts
Experiencing Cairn-Like Stone Constructs, Odd-Shaped Erratics, and More in Jericho, Vermont
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Experiencing Cairn-Like Stone Constructs, Odd-Shaped Erratics, and More in Jericho, Vermont
Revisiting Stonework Surrounding Indian Brook Reservoir in Essex Vermont
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Revisiting Stonework Surrounding Indian Brook Reservoir in Essex Vermont
Revisiting the Zink Erratic and Surrounding Stonework in Bolton, Massachusetts
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Revisiting the Zink Erratic and Surrounding Stonework in Bolton, Massachusetts
Returning to Consider Curious Stonework in Red Rocks Park in South Burlington
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Returning to Consider Curious Stonework in Red Rocks Park in South Burlington
Experiencing Intriguing Stonework in Jericho Vermont
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Experiencing Intriguing Stonework in Jericho Vermont
Experiencing Possible Stone Serpent Forms and More in Clinton, Massachusetts
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Experiencing Possible Stone Serpent Forms and More in Clinton, Massachusetts
Revisiting Significant Stone Features on Lone Rock Point Peninsula in Burlington, Vermont
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Revisiting Significant Stone Features on Lone Rock Point Peninsula in Burlington, Vermont
I love this stuff, there is a wall in Foxboro Mass. right behind the big AT&T Cell Tower there is a dirt parking lot and if you walk in a bit then climb on rocks you see it.BTW the radio waves that come out of that thing made me sick I had to leave
Any in Maine? Interesting video. Thank you.
I read Vatican Assassin! The small snakes of Vt definitely live and hunt around rock walls. I definitely need to look closer at the rock walls for these eye formations! Thanks.
N@tive American historians (actual N@tive American ones, not the why-t3 liberal ones rewriting history), will tell you none of them ever built ANY of these stone structures, whether in North America or South America. Most stone structures were here long before they were. They may have repurposed them at times, but they generally stayed away from them as they were seen to be foreign sacred structures that were spiritually a threat to them. Bad juju kind of thing. The only group of N@tives to use and build stone structures and sacrificial stone alters were the Guale of Jekyll Island, Georgia. According to Conquistador recon reports, they were massive in stature and even their women were over 9ft. They made blood sacrifices. They possessed the only recurve bows, including metal weaponry in North America... reminiscent of Middle Eastern peoples like the Canaanites. Most, if not all, of these structures have precise alignments to various stars, equinoxes, etc. All part of America's hidden history not taught in schools today..
As I used to walk through the woods as a kid I would see these stone walls and the narrative was that colonials had to move the stones to make a field for planting. As usual I took it for granted. I never wanted to move the stones. I never wanted to reconstruct it. something told me don't touch . Now I know why these are sacred Stones walls.
Thank you for telling the truth.
The depiction of the attack at 2:40 looks very accurate to what Mrs. Rowlandson described. She wrote that the Natives stood "behind the slope of a small hill, upon which our home stood". There is a tree stump now where the house was, and maybe 10 feet away, a small hill exactly like the one illustrated here. I have stood on that very spot, and all I can say is that the energy there is very heavy and sad.
Nice presentation!
Did you check out the stone chamber? And the one man wide Stonebridge currently under a Beaver dam
I did. Will have to be its own Feature Focus. A future Feature Focus...
Thanks for the video
Hmm. 🤔
Was this video shot anywhere near the rail trail by the arch bridge?
I hard a theory that they were used by Native hunters who would stay back in the winter time to maintain watch on their lands. Living in the valleys in winter = DEATH, so they would build and construct higher elevations to avoid the death cold at night. They said that most tribes would travel South during the winter to avoid the harsh conditions and had well known passages and trails running all along the Eastern seaboard while some of the men would stay back and wait for their return. makes sense. you don't want Squatters coming in.
The Wabanaki-Abenaki moved seasonally within the local region up and down local watersheds. Abenaki also travel between related friendly villages. They might long distance travel as well but not as a tribal group since the would be challenged by unrelated groups or hostile villages. Travel to other areas for adventure or to other groups through the clan system, or for warfare, but not seasonally.
You got my subscription... Thanks for the great info and perspective! 🌱
What is the depth of the soil on the top of the chamber?
COOL
Its formerly on the Forebush family land yet they make no record of itnon maps going back to the 1790s.
I was in there about 4 months ago and went in my first time there yet I knew about it for decades, I picked up ORBS floating up on my camera
The layout reminds me of New Grange layout.
I wonder how all that timber got in there, much of it looks cut. Who would chuck logs into such a place?
The passageway and chamber are often flooded, so presumably those were thrown in there to allow people to walk into the chamber when it was flooded.
The building style is very similar to what the @BKR - Scottish adventures channel has explored in Scotland. There are many interconnected stone chambers and "hallways" that he explores. This stuff has always fascinated me as a New Englander raised in New Hampshire. There's a lot of strange stuff out there in the woods!
Locally we call that formation the Anticline. As the area of the path is steep and unstable, it's doubtful there's human manipulation.
Locally, I've heard it called "The Oven" a lot more than "The Anticline".
Super cool ❤
Don’t feel bad about getting rid of those trees. The ancient people would’ve done that to preserve it each season, they came to visit
It looks like a rock Troll about to munch down on you! Fascinating formation.
The oven is very interesting and looks like there could be some man made alterations.
Thanks ! That's my old hometown.
I often see these things. I grew up in an area with similar bushland. There are giant boulder near my home, scattered in twos and threes a distance apart. There's a very spiritual feeling in this area.
" they tamed a pristine wilderness "? wow
I live in Gloucester, MA and there's stone walls everywhere in the back woods. They look like they were used a dividers; I've always wondered about them. Great video!
The soil in the NE is very rocky as the settlers soon found out, because they could not plow the land… they had to get rid of them by collecting them in long rows. It was hard work and usually done by ox carts.
@@Slo-ryde Oh interesting! Yah that makes sense - thanks for the reply.
If you go in the woods in north scituate Rhode Island, near snake hill road you can see the piles of rocks in different sizes to finish a wall but was never done.
I love this! Thank you 🙏
i just like the music! PS, I found it! Crowd Hammer by Kevin Macleod!
Very informative. I have both colonists and Micmaw Native American in my ancestry. I know the name of my 9th Great grandmother, a Micmaw/Mik’mac person.
do you know the orientation of the chamber, did the entrance point to any particular sun rise or set? did any of the stones in the chamber stand out in anyway? thanks for sharing this fascinating and what should not be an obscure subject.
Its no secret that white men continuously claim they were the FIRST to do everything, even when they werent, even when history proves otherwise. Liars and theives its not hard to see , even today how their lack of sincerity is all about ego and control. Nothing existed before white men, according to THEM
Definitely some curious formations and not your typical colonial structures. But I really got a wonder why Native Americans would build such structures. It takes an enormous amount of precious time, energy and calories to do so. Also, there are records of settlers encountering wigwams and other Native American structures, but I have not seen any references to stone structures. Not saying it’s not possible but just looking for more evidence. Thank you for sharing.
Another great video thank you ! I have been thinking the walls that seem to come together in rows but are obviously not European they possibly could have been traps for herding deer to cull herds and make it easier to gather meat I've read entire tribes would do deer drives by getting in line making noises to push them into pen type structures they would put branches and weave them through trees allowed to grow in stone wall the trees and weaved branches would make the walls high enough so deer other animals could not jump out .many indigenous trbes have done this for eons . Could the twins with a third structure be the three sisters? Corn squash and beans ?
Thank you for creating and posting this video. It's been a long while since I read 1491, nice to see someone challenge the settlers made the stone walls pontifications
Where are you
Amazing how we are manipulated by lies.
We find some crazy megalithic size blocks down in south eastern PA along with crazy artifacts u can check my channel out..Indigenous stone work is very common in the sights I've been researching for 15 years in Pennsylvania there was an enormous amount of ancient civil engineering done including stone damns canals massive collapsed henges quarried from a special type.of granite that's found at ancient quarries 2 miles away...I'm a believer that cultures were far more mobile in the past...but we find structures built with giant stones down here and they were all documented as being here before first contact ??
Good points made. I have found numerous references from colonial times about the effort expended in clearing trees and stump removal, filling in marshy ground, digging drainage ditches, digging clay for brick. Even a very early reference from the 1600's to a farm dog by name. Extensive accounts about the wars between colonists and Native Americans. Never a single reference to the enormous effort required to build these extensive walls. And I read history. A lot. Without doubt, some walls were clearly built by settlers to enclose fields and pastures using removed field stone. Having hiked & cross country skied during my 8 years in New England, I can vouch for the fact that the true extent of the walls leaves an indelible impression once you, personally, see it with your own eyes, and realize that they do not follow the easily identifiable patterns of pastures & fields, as in Ireland, rural Britain, or Portugal, or the Azores. The lichen encrustations of some walls alone suggest great age, as lichen grows so slowly.
The stone walls across the southern Appalachian mountains lore say they were slave built .
Hudson native my whole life. Wondering where this is. Found mounds at Danforth as a kid.
Private Property, sorry. Over by the Marlborough line, near Flagg Swamp. Danforth is a very interest area, for sure.
What a great video! I'm can't praise your work enough! Thank you!!!!!
Thank you very much
I have an ancient Native Indian Stone wall here in Westport MA and one of the remarkable rocks is a head of a turtle in white quartz .
My Grandfather grew up in Yonkers NY. Always took vacations on lakes up north & loved taking rides along the Hudson Valley. He told us they were “Indian Walls”. Just what we called them no matter where we were, PA, NJ, or CT. My son is a big hiker & at 27 calls them the same
Could you please outline certain details we should be seeing? Your eyes are more acute and trained in what to see.😊
Have you taken a look at my video on what I look for in the stones? It might be of some help… Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England: What I Look For In The Stones ua-cam.com/video/YYTA83pW0AA/v-deo.html
Concurring European’s wrote the narrative we call history. It doesn’t mean it was true…
Out west in Arizona the stone were used exclusively by Indians for building huge cities.