Cairn-like Stone Features in Southern Vermont

Revisiting A Site Full of Fascinating Stonework

A Cairn-like Stone Construct in Southern Vermont. Photo by Mike Luoma.

This seems to be a special place.

I made my third visit to this Southern Vermont site in late November, but haven’t had much of chance to share more in-depth looks at the features here on Substack in the Ancient Stone Mysteries Newsletter since then. These two Stone Constructs, a large Stone Assemblage on a Base, and a smaller “Horned” Assemblage nearby, are two of the more prominent and striking stone features here.

The Smaller of the Two Stone Assemblages at the Site. Photo by Mike Luoma.

We’re still assessing this area, but this stonework does have the potential to be older, Indigenous Stonework. The land owners are being very careful with the structures they find. I tend to favor and suggest as little disturbance of features as possible.

They have done some careful recovery work on one of the more prominent structures here, revealing the substantial base underlying the larger Cairn-like Stone Assemblage.

Around the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

The Growing Tree Lifts and Disrupts the Stone Base Around the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

Close-Up on Quartz Stones Beneath the Tree-Lifted Base Stone of the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

The landowner recounted hearing a sigh of relief as they did the work — when no one else was present.

Another View of the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

The Smaller Stone Structure As Seen From the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

The Smaller Stone Structure Almost Seems to Point Towards the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

The Smaller of the two Stone Structures seems to display a single Horn.

The Smaller Stone Structure Seems to Possess a Horn on One Side Photo by Mike Luoma.

Close-Up on a Possible Horn on One Side of The Smaller Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.

With the large Cairn-like Structure displaying such a substantial revealed base, it's hard not to wonder what the base of the smaller stone assemblage might look like, if it does indeed possess one.

The Not-Quite-So-Cairn-Like Smaller Stone Structure with Potential Horn. Photo by Mike Luoma.

Given an apparent rise in the land between the two stone structures, one also wonders if a stone base extends between them at a deeper level as well.

There are more features to share from this site. More to come. And you can see stonework from this visit in this YouTube Presentation:

And, going back a couple of years, this was my first visit here:

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Another View of the Larger Stone Structure. Photo by Mike Luoma.