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In 1832 workers in #FallRiver Massachusetts unearthed a Skelton seated upright in an odd burial mound just east of the Unitarian Meetinghouse.. . Remarkably preserved, the skeleton was adorned in several brass plates and jewelry. Arrowheads of copper or brass were also found. The remains had been carefully enshrined in in a coarse bark. . . The cast metal and other unusual elements made the discovery the source of much speculation notably as another "out of artifact" and being so close to #DightonRock some believed it another clue to #VikingsinAmerica and the location of the legendary #Vinland. . . This #pseudohistory aside, the #SkeltoninArmor was made most famous by a poem by #HenryWadsworthLongfellow first published in 1841. . . Pictured here is a later illustrated #book from 1963 that tells the tale. The skeleton itself was destroyed by a fire in 1843, although the Fall River Historical had a few items related to this in their collection. . . . . #talesifnewengland #oopart #fallriverma #igersnewengland #igersmass #ig_unitedstates #ig_northamerica #bookstagram #longfellow #books #poem #poetry (at Fall River, Massachusetts)

The #PortugueseDiscoveryMonument at Bretton Point State Park features sixteen sandstone markers laid out in a semi-circle here mirroring compass rose to be found across the sea at Sagres Point in Portugal. . . "Henry the Navigator" set up a school for maritime navigation at Sagres in 1419 and this monument in #NewportRI celebrates the pioneering #PortugueseExplorers that set out to sea to discover new lands. , , One theory about the mysterious inscriptions on #DightonRock proposed by #EdmundBDelabarre is that the mysterious inscriptions on the rock were left by a lost expedition of Gaspar Corte Real that visited North America in 1511. , , , , , #igersnewengland #ig_rhody #historicmarkers #rhodeisland #vikingsinamerica #history #historical #travelblog #alwaysreadtheplaque #henrythenavigator #sagresportugal (at Brenton Point State Park)

In 1918 #EdmundBDelabarre suggested a Portuguese origin for the inscriptions on #DightonRock noting a lost expedition of Gaspar Corte Real that visited North America in 1511. . . Later in 1960, Manuel da Silvia compared Dighton's inscription with known #Portuguese markers found in Asia and Africa. . . . #talesofnewengland #dightonrockstatepark #portugueseexplorers #archeology #historical #history #historiesmysteries #mystery (at Dighton Rock State Park)

Details of the #petroglyphs On #DightonRock, at the Dighton Rock Museum. #BerkeleyMA (at Dighton Rock)

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