Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone

Rattlesnake Gal · 10-28-2008, 09:55 AM

I was just looking around Wikipedia and found this story about a Mystery Stone found in Meredith near Lake Winnipesaukee in 1872. Pretty impressive!

Misty Blue · 10-29-2008, 05:52 PM

Nice find RIG.

Very mysterious. The Teepee seem out of place. I don't think that any local native american tribes used Teepees. The shelters that I have seen are made from tree bark laid out like shingles.

Still a mystery is a mystery....

Misty Blue

Mee-n-Mac · 10-30-2008, 12:22 PM

You know ... that stone would look right at home atop a certain stone tower I've seen near Governor's Island ....

CrawfordCentury · 04-29-2009, 02:19 PM

The Mystery Stone is on long-term view at the state historical society in Concord. It's been in their possession for quite a long time.

http://www.nhhistory.org/museumexhib...sterystone.htm

Rear view:

I'd be very surprised to learn it is an actual Abenaki artifact. After the stone's discovery in the 1800s, some researchers studied it and suggested the carvings could not have been rendered by the tools available prior to contact.

10-28-2008, 09:55 AM	#1
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,447 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Lake Winnipesaukee Mystery Stone I was just looking around Wikipedia and found this story about a Mystery Stone found in Meredith near Lake Winnipesaukee in 1872. Pretty impressive!

10-29-2008, 05:52 PM	#2
Misty Blue Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 658 Thanks: 121 Thanked 283 Times in 98 Posts	Where do you find this stuff? Nice find RIG. Very mysterious. The Teepee seem out of place. I don't think that any local native american tribes used Teepees. The shelters that I have seen are made from tree bark laid out like shingles. Still a mystery is a mystery.... Misty Blue

10-30-2008, 12:22 PM	#3
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04-29-2009, 02:19 PM	#4
CrawfordCentury Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere betwixt Gonic and Chocorua Posts: 191 Thanks: 13 Thanked 30 Times in 21 Posts	The Mystery Stone is on long-term view at the state historical society in Concord. It's been in their possession for quite a long time. http://www.nhhistory.org/museumexhib...sterystone.htm Rear view: I'd be very surprised to learn it is an actual Abenaki artifact. After the stone's discovery in the 1800s, some researchers studied it and suggested the carvings could not have been rendered by the tools available prior to contact.