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This covered cairn located in the backyard of  7 Lakeside Circle (off Haggetts Pond Road).  Stones, ranging from pebbles to 3 tons, form a multi-chambered structure.
This covered cairn located in the backyard of  7 Lakeside Circle (off Haggetts Pond Road) form a multi-chambered structureThe stones range in size from pebbles to 3 tons.  


The owner of the property, a M. Harnois, built a shrine to a saint on the site in 1914.
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* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11D25M80I6968.32424&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=Ruins+of+great+ireland+new+england&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Ruins of Great Ireland in New England''], Andover Room R 973.11 Goo, pages  102 to 180.
* [http://134.241.121.88/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=11D25M80I6968.32424&menu=search&aspect=subtab783&npp=25&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=man&ri=&term=&index=.GW&aspect=subtab783&term=&index=.AW&term=Ruins+of+great+ireland+new+england&index=.ET&term=&index=.SW&x=0&y=0#focus ''Ruins of Great Ireland in New England''], Andover Room R 973.11 Goo, pages  102 to 108.
*NEARA Newsletter (New England Antiquities Research Association Newsletter), December 1969.  This is found in the Andover Vertical File under architecture.
*''NEARA Newsletter'' (New England Antiquities Research Association Newsletter), December 1969.  This is found in the Andover Vertical File under architecture.
* NEARA Site Report Sheet. This is found in the Andover Vertical File under architecture.  


Definition of a cairn from dictionary.com: a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, or tombstone.  
Definition of a cairn from dictionary.com: a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, or tombstone.  

Revision as of 17:43, 3 November 2006

This covered cairn located in the backyard of 7 Lakeside Circle (off Haggetts Pond Road) form a multi-chambered structure. The stones range in size from pebbles to 3 tons.

The owner of the property, a M. Harnois, built a shrine to a saint on the site in 1914. See

  • Ruins of Great Ireland in New England, Andover Room R 973.11 Goo, pages 102 to 108.
  • NEARA Newsletter (New England Antiquities Research Association Newsletter), December 1969. This is found in the Andover Vertical File under architecture.
  • NEARA Site Report Sheet. This is found in the Andover Vertical File under architecture.

Definition of a cairn from dictionary.com: a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, or tombstone.



a--Eleanor 16:16, November 3, 2006 (EST) back to Main Page