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This covered cairn located in the backyard of 7 Lakeside Circle (off Haggetts Pond Road) | This covered cairn located in the backyard of 7 Lakeside Circle, Andover (off Haggetts Pond Road) is a multi-chambered structure that is thought by some to look like a turtle. The stones range in size from pebbles to 3 tons. | ||
One of the owners of the property, a M. Harnois, built a shrine to a saint on the site in 1914. Evidence of Harnois' shrine still exists. | |||
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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 108. | * [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. | * 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. | ||
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Revision as of 17:47, 3 November 2006
This covered cairn located in the backyard of 7 Lakeside Circle, Andover (off Haggetts Pond Road) is a multi-chambered structure that is thought by some to look like a turtle. The stones range in size from pebbles to 3 tons.
One of the owners of the property, a M. Harnois, built a shrine to a saint on the site in 1914. Evidence of Harnois' shrine still exists.
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.