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Found this in a shady spot on the banks of the Westfield River East Branch.

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I found this mark cut into a fat block of granite, part of a centuries-old colonial post road embankment two miles back in the woods of Chesterfield, MA.

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Man-made, purpose uncertain. Millhouse ruin, Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield, MA

Man-made, functional - colonial bridge piling. Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield, MA

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Natural - A glacial anomaly split down the middle by a tree. Mt. Toby Reservation, Sunderland, MA

Man-made, decorative. Chesterfield, MA

Man-made, decorative. A driveway marker. Worthington, MA

Man-made, possibly votive? Worthington, MA

Man-made, devotional - part of a buddhist shrine. Singing Brook Farm, Worthington, MA