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That's Mechescatuxin to you, pal! I recall nearly getting in a bar fight at the Green Bank Tavern over this.

relayer Sad news! Peter was a very good historian and an even better man. I'm grateful to have known him.

Loving this! Thank you! The shading nicely highlights the fact that Rabbit Island used to be the high ground at the interior of an old river meander. Lots of cool fluvial geomorphologic history going on at the Forks.

@Teegate @Boyd Should this get a thread of its own? Don’t want to hijack

If the elevation differences between the rims are anywhere close to being accurate, we should be able to tell just by walking around

@Boyd Thoughts on John’s hypothesis ?

I think some ground-truthing is in order!

That’s what I’m thinking. How do the roots raise the ground, and why only at the outer edge of the circle?

I took a quick look today but didn’t see the structure.

You got it! Isolated clusters expand radially into circles. As they expand, the soil is raised by bioturbation. I’d like to better understand that process. Apparently, phragmites have been in the area for millennia. Why have they taken over the meadows only recently?

Nope.

1. Yes 2. Most if not all are less than 50 years old.

I can see that it was built sometime between 1931 and 1942. Do you have more specific information?

Negative.

Whoa!

They appear on LiDar. I know what they are, but I'll let you have more fun with it.

Good! What is it?

Good question. I've wondered about that in the past and thought it might have to do with the cranberry operation. But maybe it has something to do with construction of the road? I will take a gander tommorrow, as I will be in the area.

That I do not know. But I suspect so.

1. Yes 2. Yes.