Bob Miner and myself have been hiking Hell Hollow in Voluntown, CT. and finding some nice sites.

This one is located on an island in a swamp (see the map below) a quarter of a mile northwest of the Hell Hollow site posted here.

We were doing some exploring on the edge of the swamp when we started seeing stone rows in the swamp.

Easy to miss if you're not paying attention. (click images to enlarge)

There are four rows on this side of the swamp. Two of them are pictured here.

(watch the video at the end of this post for more )

We got to a point where we could see a hill on the other side and decided to try to get across.

In some places,the water was 2+ feet deep. After several minutes of jumping from rock to rock , we made it to the other side.

At the base of the hill there is a stone row that goes all the way around enclosing the site.

The picture below was taken from the base of the hill looking back to where we crossed. This is from the east side of the hill.

 Below is the row on the north side.

Below is looking west

And finally the row on the south end.

The site is surrounded by wetlands.

Below are a few more images of the stone rows.

The most common feature inside the walled compound are enclosures.

The smallest enclosure is simply two boulders with a wall built on one end connecting them.

Below is a view showing the interior.

Below is the largest enclosure from a distance.

Below is a close-up.

Below is another small enclosure.

This enclosure (below) is build against a flat faced boulder. This is becoming common in Rhode Island with five or six at Cannonchet and one at Snake Den.

Below shows the interior from the top of the boulder.

The next few pictures are random shots taken around the site.

Everything including the layout of the site is oriented towards the south and south west.

Below is a video showing some of the rows in the swamp.

Blog post and images by Catherine of Johnston, Rhode Island.

View from summit of Neutaconkanut Hill. Canonicus and Miantonomi never imagined this view when they used this hill as the boundary of their land treaty with Roger Williams.

A short walk, and there are stone rows and bent trees. Stone rows and walls run all across the hill, and surround the swampy pond near the radio towers.

Propped boulders on top of an outcrop. A nearby sign reads "monument" but there is no explanation.

Two propped boulders at the foot of an outcrop.

A bent sapling.

About 250 feet from Plainfield Street, a huge split boulder with wedged stones, and surrounding cairns.

Close-up of the split filled boulder.

These rock piles were found near the split boulder.

Catherine added
It's quite amazing to see all these structures 
surrounded by urban Providence and Johnston!

Bob Miner and I were driving down a forest road today coming back from Hell Hollow when Bob got a glimpse of this little beauty. 

It's 150 feet from the road. How he managed to see it is beyond me. Sometimes I think these sites are finding us more then us finding them.

 Below is a close-up.

There's a small niche on the other side.

There are several small ground piles and short stone rows nearby. We had just finished hiking in Hell Hollow and decided to leave this area for another day.

Later, after I sort through my pictures and videos, I'll be posting a walled in ceremonial site that we found in Hell Hollow. This new site is only a half mile from the site I posted last weekend.

The  Narragansetts called this spring  "The Great Spring" 

In the video below, you can see and hear the water bubbling out from the ground.

The resulting brook was dammed a few hundred feet down stream creating a small pond. The dam and spillway is on the west side of the pond. Following the brook from the spillway for another 400 or 500 feet  it passes by the front of a large chamber. The lintel over the entrance is 11 feet long and 3 feet wide. The outside of the entrance is 4 feet high and 4 feet wide at the top step. The entrance faces south.

At the bottom of the steps, the opening is 4 feet wide and 6 feet high.

The interior dimensions are 8 feet wide,6 feet high and 20 feet long with corbelled side walls and flat roof capstones.

None of the stones used in the construction were drilled and split. There is no vent on the roof.