Archaeologists may have debunked the theory that stones for the world famous Stonehenge were sent via rafts from Wales to Salisbury Plain, a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science says. Goodwin, looking for evidence of Vinland, or the Vikings North American settlement (now believed to have actually been found in Newfoundland and the only European Pre-Columbian site acknowledged to exist) he became convinced the site was in fact made by “Culdees” or Irish Monks who had been fleeing the Vikings and managed to get to New Hampshire long before Columbus discovered the Americas.
$12 admission.Originally owned by the colonial family the Pattees, for most of its known history the site was either ignored, or assumed to be the work of colonial settlers or possibly Native Americans. Follow approximately 4 miles. This debunks research from 1923 by famous British geologist H.H.
(a classic pseudo-archeological text) claiming that it was the site of ancient Ogham, Phoenician and Iberian scripts.Despite all this, there are some genuinely intriguing elements about the site acknowledged by respected historians and archeologists. If you become one of our top bloggers, you will also have the chance to be paid for your contributions.The researchers believe that the exact location of the quarries suggests that the rocks were likely dragged on land from Preseli Hills to Salisbury Plain, where Stonehenge stands.
America’s Stonehenge or “Mystery Hill” comes with more questions than answers. At the first set of lights (97 Shops will be on your right), turn right and follow approximately 4 miles. The research, published at Cambridge Core, traced two smaller boulders of the ancient stone ring to two quarries in Preseli Hills in western Wales.
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America's Stonenehge will be on your left. Hotels near America's Stonehenge: (6.69 mi) Hampton Inn Haverhill (9.87 mi) Sleep Inn Manchester Airport (5.05 mi) Park View Inn Inc. (2.09 mi) Atkinson Resort & Country Club (5.23 mi) Holiday Inn Salem (I-93 at exit 2) View all hotels near America's Stonehenge on Tripadvisor America's Stonehenge is open to the public for a fee. Users are obliged to speak respectfully to the other participants in the discussion, readers and individuals referenced in the posts.In the case of repeated violations of the rules above resulting in a second block of a user’s account, access cannot be restored.Register on Sputniknews.com and join the Sputnik team! Later, Barry Fell, a marine biologist and amateur historian wrote about the site in his 1976 book America B.C. His favorite tool, and best ally, is gravity. It consists of a series of small stone walls, odd stone arrangements, underground chambers and a one-acre granite outcropping that has rock structures built on it and has been carved with grooves, possibly drainage ditches.What is certain is that people will continue trying to solve the mysteries behind this supposed American Stonehenge no matter what archeologists might say.Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders.While it is quite likely that the site is simply the combination of Native American habitation (hence the radiocarbon dating), Colonial usage and building (hence the stone structures) and a series of amateur archeologists doing some seriously wishful thinking and even hoaxing (the supposed Ogham, Phoenician and Iberian scripts), the complete truth is difficult or even impossible to know.Dogs/pets not allowed, site is fenced in/private property. However, the site has enough of a sordid past, outstanding questions and strong opinions about it, to leave it in a permanent state of archeological chaos.Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Last year, scientists from Newcastle University in the UK suggested that pig fat could have been used to move the stones to create Stonehenge. GPS street address: 105 Haverhill Road Salem, NH 03079 Where to Eat.