Hopkinton State Park (MA.) Pt. 5- More Intertwining Cairn Structures/ Rows

Hopkinton State Park (MA.) Pt. 5- More intertwining cairn structures/ rows

Large stone cairn. A:

B:

C:

Rock on rock/ smaller stone placements:

A "triangular" split boulder and a stone placement:

Stone row, A:

B:

C:

D, small standing stone in stone row:

Cairn:

Boulder that was shaped out to show a turtle:

This cairn looks like it has turtle/ and or snake head stones sticking out of it (the two stones protruding out in the middle).  View A:

B:

Hopkinton State Park (MA.) Stone Ruins Pt. 4- Boulder Enclosures/ Rows

Hopkinton State Park (MA.) Stone Ruins Pt. 4- Boulder Enclosures/ Rows

Site 1, walking in and around the enclosure of boulders:

Note the old path-way:

Site 2, boulders in a stone wall:

Nearby:

More:

Site 3.  Three boulders lined up in a row in what is now today a recreational park area:

Part 5 coming soon...

Hopkinton State Park (MA.) Stone Ruins Pt. 3

Hopkinton State Park (MA.) Stone Ruins Pt. 3

  Wrapping up this section of the cairn field:

Some of the granite stones placed in these cairns have a high quartz content so they glow in the sun, even without the inner quartz veins being exposed:

Part of a stone row w/ a small standing stone on the end:

Part 4 will showcase some boulder enclosures & arrangements associated w/ this site.  More to come.