Native American Stonehenge???

[Bodkin]

A work buddy showed me this on his friends property in northern Maine. It's out in the woods on a small nob above most of the surrounding land, not too high though. All the rocks seem to be carved/shaped onto blocks which have settled. A few have carved depressions forming a basin of sorts. I certainly have no idea what this is all about nor does the property owner. All I do know is that he's given me permission to swing my detector there. I would love to hear if anyone has any idea what this spot could have been used for. It could be something important or nothing at all. Thank you.

 

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[Toecutter]

This is interesting, just dont let "finders keepers" hear about it.....

 

[Digger RJ]

Just make sure if he said that You can keep anything You find. Be careful in case You do find that Pine Tree Shilling. Their minds seem to change very fast when they see dollar signs!
Looks pretty Cool!! Promising too.

 

[releventchair]

A small at the time village near me had a big boulder carved into a horsetank at a tavern.
It stayed on the corner quite a while until big trucks on the tight turn began tearing the corner off the building and hitting the tank became too common.
Not sure what became of it.

I'm not saying your site is not native related , but more research by you might reveal an old homestead and/or livestock facility there.
Most folks had a horse or two.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Very interesting looking site and objects. Good Luck hunting it!!!

 

[GaRebel1861]

It will be interesting in seeing what is found in that area. Good luck!

 

[Rookster]

Is there water near by Like a river where a good size ship could have navigated years ago?

 

[against the wind]

Foundation stones,, going to be a long process of clearing the area. Good luck.

 

[paleomaxx]

Looks to be Archaic period basin metates. They were used to grind wild grains and are found all over the world in different forms depending on the culture. Many were smallish and semi portable, but I've heard of some that were larger and fixed. The basins were slowly carved out by the action of the handheld stone mano that was used to grind the grains against the larger stone.

 

[dirtlooter]

pretty uniform in designs, stone looks worked to me. no matter what, it took some time to make those and they are super cool and no telling how old. looks like the two are joined by a similar wall as if made from one rock. worth some research maybe by the local university or such

 

[smokeythecat]

I know some archaeologists who did a lot of New England digs on these type platforms/places. Each one proved to be 17th or 18th century colonial. Just FYI. So with that said you should have a good chance at some very valuable early American coins there! Go for it.

 

[Bodkin]

Is there water near by Like a river where a good size ship could have navigated years ago?

Thanks to all who commented and offered up ideas. As for a good sized ship being able to navigate nearby, no. Closest good sized river for that is a good 10 miles away if not more.
The property owner has no interest in what I'm doing and said to come and go as I please. Doesn't care to see what I find either. I'll be heading over in the next few days and will post if I find anything interesting. It should be fun and hopefully I can find something that will shed some light on what this is all about. Thanks!

 

[Tuberale]

No idea what it is or what it is about, Bodkin. Hope you find some nice older coinage there, though.