Mystery
Hill
(2006)
Dave and Bob Stone examine the monolith
marking the Summer Solstice Sunrise. The tip of the stone has been shaped by
percussive flaking to match horizon features.
Meeting of the Minds
(2004)
Author and Dighton Rock's most ardent supporter
Dr. da Silva introduces Dave, Elizabeth "Keeper of the Westford Knight" Lane and
author Scott Goudsward to the Dighton Rock.
First Book Signing (2004)
Mystery Hill's Bob Stone and Dave in a Salem,
NH bookstore atr the first book signing of America's Stonehenge - The Mystery
Hill Story.
Mystery
Hill
(2006)
Dave examines the Sacrificial Table at
Mystery Hill in preparation of the first chapter of Ancient Stones Sites,
dealing with Lye Stones, Cider Presses and why this is neither.
Danville Beehive (2004)
The town of Danville NH has atypically
embraced and protected the ancient stone site in their community. It is located
in town-owned woods off Route 111A
The website of author
David Goudsward
Ancient Stone Sites
of New
England
| Dave will be presenting a paper on "Lovecraft and the Great Altar Stones of New England" at the Emerging Scholarship symposium component of Necronomicon in Providence, RI |
Latest Book:
Westford Knight and Henry Sinclair
The Westford Knight is a controversial stone feature in Massachusetts. Some
believe it is an effigy of a 14th century knight, evidence carved into stone
of an early European visit to the New World by Henry Sinclair, the Earl of
Orkney and Lord of Roslin. In 1954, an
archaeologist encountered the mysterious stone carving, long known to locals
and ascribed a variety of origin stories, and proposed it to be a remnant of
the Sinclair expedition.
The story of the Westford Knight is a mix of history, archaeology, sociology, and Knights Templar lore. This work unravels the threads of the Knight’s history, separating fact from fantasy.
Publisher: McFarland & Company (2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0786446490
Also available at Barnes & Noble
and in
Google eBook format
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Table of Contents
Foreword by Robert Stone Errata: original footnotes for Appendices Two and Three (PDF) |
"For those interested
in New England history, voyages of discovery, or for those interested in an
engaging example of source-based historical scholarship, David Goudsward's
book is well worth the time."
Nicole Bucchino,
CThe Northern Mariner
/ Le Marin du Nord
"I highly recommend this to any
reader interested in exploring the possibility of European visitation of North
America prior to Columbus."
David Brody, author of
Cabal of The Westford Knight: Templars at the Newport Tower
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In Progress
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For over 350 years, controversy has reigned over the origins of markings on a 40-ton glacial erratic boulder that rested in the tidal waters of the Taunton River.
Covered with petroglyphs and graffiti, the Dighton Rock now rests in a small protective building with an adjacent museum.
Cotton Mather identified the rock as Indian. Indian existence needed to be explained in terms that fit within the inflexible Puritan theology. He learned of the rock because of the rising interest in natural sciences which he
tried to balance with theology. His 1714 description of the rock brought it to the attention of England and started the snowball of proposed origins of the carvings rolling. Within a decade, it was claimed as Japanese markings.
Anthropologist Charles C. Willoughby considered it “the most famous object of archaeological interest in America.” Over the centuries it has been claimed as everything from proof the American Indians are a lost tribe of Israel to a Norse territory marker. In 1920, a Brown University professor identified the rock as a relic of the 1511 explorations of the Portuguese. That claim that has remained more or less sacrosanct in the predominantly Portuguese region of southeastern Massachusetts.
