I'm hoping that a footbridge hasn't impacted this spot above (and below):
I haven't taken this path in quite some time and don't really know.
You might be able to tell that this upstream side floods now and then.
You might call it a vernal pool, but you might also suspect it to be,
as Lisa Brooks writes about in The Common Pot,
a wetland garden, cultivated by Indigenous women,
in this case, the ancestors of the Paugussett...
(Screen capture from Kindle)
(A Turtle Effigy at the Wetland Garden)
The upstream side of the "culvert."
Note the stone that could be used to block the stream
to raise the level of the water in the Garden:
Big Stone Snakes that can see your intentions abound here:
Another spot, ten miles to the north,
a similar stone structure on another stream:
Causeway Collection:
Ten miles south of the first "culvert,"
A Larger Causeway and possibly the remains of another "culvert:"
Closer, the possible effigies created by
the Serpent Stacking of courses of stones,
are distinguishing characteristic of Indigenous Stonework:
Back north again, near the second "culvert" shown,
Is some of the most massive of similar known stonework,
Most likely related to a downstream Cranberry Garden.
A modern culvert to the left, the Indigenous culvert in the center:
The other side, the outlet:
Flooding destroyed the original Indigenous construction,
later "repaired" but not "restored:"
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