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No, no sign of it. It may prove easier to reach by canoe than by foot.

I was able to bushwack my way out here on this fine November afternoon. The raised trail just ends. There's no clear continuation of it making the right turn seen on the liar. If you want to go, enter through the cultivated area, just past the Dover Forge gate. The drainage ditch will get you...

I shot off an email to the Monmouth county Historical Society. Going to make an appointment to research thier collection.

Silly of me to think al of the information was on line.

Ah, no. That was silly of me.

What do we know, The 1931 aerial photo shows it faintly. Boyd confirms that it is indeed the same feature present today on the liar maps. As of that time, the area was used as a cranberry bog. primarily to the west of the old forge/ village site. What would the people there at the time need a...

There's plenty there, but nothing that specifically mentions any earthworks in the larger Dover Forge area.

It definitely looks raised to me. Especially closer to cedar creek. I'll have to make a trip out there, do some bushwacking, and lay eyes on it.

Thanks Boyd, I'll have to check that out at home.

Do you think that part is raised as well?

Like Ore Pond? It's certainly a closer source of bog iron, if that's what it was.

Or it is dover rd.

That line crosses north over dover rd and goes all the way back to South Toms River

Do It's faint but visible below the E in forge.

This 1931 aerial shows what could be the same feature on the right.

The blueberry field is closer to the dover forge trail than it is to this berm. I like the way you're thinking though. If it is a spoil pile or heap from cultivation, it sure is strait and regular. I thought it might be covering a drainage pipe.

Yes. That's it. About 3 feet high and 3 feet wide. It's old enough that some pine trees are about a foot thick growing through it. Love your maps!