Subject: oldest working rocks in america<br/>
Date: Aug 29, 2005 @ 02:18<br/>
Author: aletheia kallos (aletheia kallos &lt;aletheiak@yahoo.com&gt;)<br/>
Prev&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Post in Topic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="18541.htm">Next</a>&emsp;[<a href="topic18257.htm">All</a> Posts]<br/>
<a href="18256.htm">Prev</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Post in Time&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="18258.htm">Next</a><br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-1384843028">back on cream hill at last<br/>
so attached herewith are the long promised pix<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
first a partial view of bound rock <br/>
the natural rock that marks the seabrook & hampton nh<br/>
town line<br/>
 <br/>
the camera is peering down into the dark crypt <br/>
but is somewhat blocked by the covering grate<br/>
<br/>
the date is most likely 1657<br/>
making this the oldest known working rock in america<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
second is the modern commemorative version of <br/>
an heape of stones<br/>
marking the approximate location of a 1664 original<br/>
heape<br/>
which itself only belatedly marked the 1628 boundary<br/>
between the massachusetts bay & plymouth colonies<br/>
& was formerly thought to be the oldest boundary<br/>
marker in america<br/>
probably just because the boundary it marks is the<br/>
oldest known boundary in america <br/>
& the delay in the demarcation wasnt realized <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
third is a nearby rock garden<br/>
& the leading candidate for the original 1664 heape<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
but neither the bound rock nor the heape was an<br/>
erected stone marker in the modern style <br/>
<br/>
the oldest known working planted boundary stone dates<br/>
from 1731<br/>
& is a paleo ctmany marker<br/>
now in millerton ny <br/>
<br/>
<br/>
__________________________________________________<br/>
Do You Yahoo!?<br/>
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a></div>