Native American Ceremonial Stonework Hike

This hike will go to two large cairn fields and we will see a few other types of ceremonial structures left behind by the indigenous peoples of the area, but overall this hike is really about cairns, the most common of all the more than twenty types of structures they built throughout New England. As with most of my walks, some of this will be on an old farm road, but much of it will be off-trail, so hiking sticks and suitable shoes are heartily recommended. Although the hike is short in distance covered, it will take about 2.5-3 hours at a leisurely pace to see and discuss the stonework we will encounter. 

We will meet at the Roscoe M. Dexter Deep Pond Parking lot, 2728 Ten Rod Road, Exeter, RI. It is very hard to see the entrance to it as the sign is buried in trees and is…