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Lol, I can't argue with that.

I am. Its a very similar to the feature we're studying at Dover forge. An earthen property line or fence. With time and erosion, they could be twins.

I was just about to post it. https://boydsmaps.com/#16.56/40.249488/-74.076207/us3depShade1/4.48/0.00

The GPS coordinates are at the top of the photo.

On Green Grove rd. In Ocean township, Monmouth county there's a similar feature near gun club rd.

It's pretty muddy out there. I was there today when I noticed 2 things. The first being breaks along the line of the raised trail. If you're going to bring a shovel, that might be the place to get down. From the South to North image (Dover rd. being at the bottom of the image) it looks more...

I definitely Did NOT. LOL.

This is an example I'm extrapolating from

That's right, no records exist for Dover forge during the sawmill, cranberry era, according to the Double Trouble historian.

The fire break in the upper portion of the diagram seems to fit with the raised trail formation and location. Near the blueberry fields, the area has been formerly cultivated. Could this be an old bog, up and away from Cedar Creek? Maybe not a bog at all by dry harvested cranberries?

http://npshistory.com/publications/new-jersey/marsh-farm/chap7.htm I found this last night night, working on the lead that I received that the raised trail might be from the cranberry era of Dover Forge. What's very interesting is the diagram of a cranberry bog layout.

Although it's far too long, a friend floated the idea that it might be a sand back stop for an old gun range.

That's what initially brought it to my attention. Only Dover forge trail is raised like it in the area. The old mill site was being turned into a bog in 1908. According to the history provided by the Monmouth County Historical Society, the entire area was consumed by a large forest fire in 1910.

Good questions. My best guess right now is that it was an access road to reach the river downstream from the cranberry bog for some reason. Perhaps to collect spill from flooding/ draining the bogs.

I sent an email to the Double Trouble historian, and he believes that the berm or raises trail is most related to the cranberry era of Dover Forge.

Yes. That helps. I was going to do the same thing, but I waited until I left to try it.

Was that in one of the large depressions on that side of the berm?

I hit the Toms River Library last week, thinking there may be something there. I found this book in the reference area. It has a lot of information on dover forge, mostly on nearby Hollowfield Cemetery.

There's only one way to find out if there's anything left.