[mcdude]

I just had to add this photo taken from devil's den and posted on the gallery today by dcr

Here's his commentary...

Devil's Den Mt is located in New Durham, a little north of Merrymeeting Lake. In a much earlier time it was a popular outing site for people looking for interesting features of the natural world. It has a large section of internal fractured ledge which has formed an interesting long, narrow, cave-like opening through part of the mountain (perhaps 100 ft long - it's been decades since I last went through it and my memory may not be accurate) ending at a spot where an opening in the roof leads, in about 15 or 20 ft, to the top of the ledge and out on the mountain's surface again. It was once a tourist's site, but it has been essentially abandoned for a least a century now, and only the few who know something of its history are likely to visit it these days. Its summit does have limited views of Merrymeeting Lake and Lake Winnipesaukee. A little bit of Merrymeeting can be seen below Birch Ridge in this photo.

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