& happily she continues to serve as a tripoint
for the present towns of redding & weston & wilton
http://topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4568165&e=631549&s=24&size=l&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25
by my fairly positive geographical identification
tho oddly unnoticed by usgs mapping
luckily only a short drive from cream hill too
so a visitational is already in the offing
some fact checking is of course in order too
at the local historical society there
but prepare to party
i think we have found the winner at last
--- aletheiak <
aletheiak@...> wrote:
> aha
> could this be the long missing but not forgotten
> oldest working rock in america
> http://www.historyofredding.com/HRGeorgetown.htm
> purportedly 1645
>
> rest assured i am continuing to investigate
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, aletheia
> kallos <aletheiak@y...> wrote:
> >
> > back on cream hill at last
> > so attached herewith are the long promised pix
> >
> >
> > first a partial view of bound rock
> > the natural rock that marks the seabrook & hampton
> nh
> > town line
> >
> > the camera is peering down into the dark crypt
> > but is somewhat blocked by the covering grate
> >
> > the date is most likely 1657
> > making this the oldest known working rock in
> america
> >
> >
> > second is the modern commemorative version of
> > an heape of stones
> > marking the approximate location of a 1664
> original
> > heape
> > which itself only belatedly marked the 1628
> boundary
> > between the massachusetts bay & plymouth colonies
> > & was formerly thought to be the oldest boundary
> > marker in america
> > probably just because the boundary it marks is the
> > oldest known boundary in america
> > & the delay in the demarcation wasnt realized
> >
> >
> > third is a nearby rock garden
> > & the leading candidate for the original 1664
> heape
> >
> >
> > but neither the bound rock nor the heape was an
> > erected stone marker in the modern style
> >
> > the oldest known working planted boundary stone
> dates
> > from 1731
> > & is a paleo ctmany marker
> > now in millerton ny
> >
> >
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