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    PETROGLYPHS, PICTOGRAPHS & MEGALITHS

 

                OF  MASSACHUSETTS

 

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Acton

<petro 338> -- Acton, MA:  Arrow petroglyph with ogam? Inscription

 

 

Burnt Hill

<petro 335> -- Burnt Hill, western MA:  stone circle[Photo contributed by Clive Ruggles, Univ. of Leicester)]

 

 

<petro 336> -- Burnt Hill, MA:  standing stone

 

 

Chelmsford

<petro 342> -- Chelmsford, MA:  inscribed stone

 

 

 

Concord

<bron 42> -- Entrance to subterranean chamber at Concord, MA

 

 

 

<petro520> --Concord, MA petroglyph

 

 

 

 

<petro 339> -- Concord, MA ogam inscription petroglyph

 

 

 

<petro 391> -Concord, MA petroglyph (ogam-like inscription)

 

 

Essex

<bron 61> -- Massive stone head was discovered at Essex, MA Photo James Whittall

 

Gloucester

<bron 114> -- A Norse iron battle-axe discovered at Rocky Neck, near Gloucester, MA

 

Hampton

<bron 30> -- Small dolmen, Hampton, MA (Photo James Whittall)

 

 

 

Lawrence

<bron 86> -- Bison sculpture from the valley of the Merrimack River,  near Lawrence, MA (Photo Malcolm B. Pearson).

 

 

Lynn

<bron 35> -- Dolmen with massive (40-ton) capstone at Lynn, MA  (Photo James P. Whittall)

 

 

Martha's Vineyard

<bron 27> -- Cromlech dolmen, Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard (Photo William J. Hall)

 

 

Middleboro

<petro 341> -- Middleboro, MA ogam stone

 

 

 

Norwell

<petro 340> -- Norwell, MA petroglyph with ogam inscription similar to Meath, Ireland

 

 

 

<petro523> -- Norwell, MA petroglyph

 

 

 

Shutesbury

<petro 337> -- Nearon Stone petroglyph, Shutesbury, MA

 

 

 

<petro 392> --NCARA Stone petroglyph, Shutesbury, MA

 

Sutton

<bron 151> -- Massive stone seats or "Druids' Chair" at Sutton, west of Boston, MA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upton

<bron 49> -- Corbeling construction of the Upton chamber, MA

(Photo Malcolm Pearson)

 

 

Westport

<bron 28> -- Small dolmen, Westport, MA

(Photo James P. Whittall)

 

 

 

 

<bron 29> -- Another small dolmen, Westport, MA (Photo James P. Whittall)

 

 

 

Misc. Sites

<petro 343> -- Massachusetts:  Indian burial site inscribed stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Acknowledgments

 

Appreciation is extended to René Fell for most photos shown in this section

Search for contributors of several unidentified photos continues.