Saturday, March 1, 2008

Details from a prior post

I posted a while back on what may or may not be effigy stones. One, in particular, I thought (at the time) was a coincidence, the eagle stone. Click here for the original post. I went back out in the fall to look at the eagle stone again, and my thought is now, it is probably not a coincidence.

Here is the stone again, with my 4 foot walking stick (1 foot increments) near the stone.



This side view shows how the detail of the eye and above the beak are not just a trick of shadows, but actual detail on the rock itself. There is also additional stacking, not just the rock on rock.



But, most interesting, is the deliberate position of the small triangular rock beneath the larger, flat rock.



Then, an odd rock in front of the entire structure. It was under the leaves.



This picture tries to capture it all. The odd rock in front, triangular supporting stone, flat rock, eagle effigy, and evidence of other stacked stones in the background. It is a bit farther off the logging road than I originally recalled.

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Larry Harrop said...
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Larry Harrop said...

This small construction is very similar to a manitou stone that Bob Miner found in Rhode Island.
A blog post can be found HERE

pwax said...

This is such an interesting little structure. The "effigy" stones are little sculptures.

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