hiding places 1900s::Virtually hidden by brush and poison ivy, the graycolored rocks of various shapes and sizes are neatly arranged in circles hiding places 1900s

hiding places 1900s::Virtually hidden by brush and poison ivy, the graycolored rocks of various shapes and sizes are neatly arranged in circles.
No one knows their purpose, or who put them there.
Mash said rangers noticed the stone rings in the early 1970s.
In 1975, mash contacted state archeologist tyler j.
Bastian, who visited the site and put the circles on a list of archeological areas in maryland.
But it was not until last year that some archeologists and volunteers excavated one of the circles.
Hoping to uncover clues, another group conducted a dig this spring.
We found no artifacts.
We found nothing to indicate prehistoric use.
Wall and connie huddleston, both have moved from maryland.
Neither could be reached for comment recently.
Meanwhile, the state forest has put the circles on its historic preservation list to ensure that the fiveacre tract remains untouched, mash said.
The site could be eligible for the national register of historic places if additional information could be found to document the age of the rings, their use and significance.
Mash has dismissed the moonshine theory because there is no nearby water source needed to make moonshine.
He said he did not think they were cockfighting rings because only one pit is needed to hold a fight.
And the rings are too close together to have been foxholes during the civil war, he said.