Concerned that Chad might be growing impatient, I began to scramble around the deep woods and lose track of my surroundings. For about a half hour I searched every hillside and mound but found nothing. Chad isn’t really the outdoors type, so when he decided to follow me into the forest I was a bit concerned. I dashed out of the car got my compass bearings and was off. This time things would not go as well as planned. Though the sun would be setting soon, I was confident that I would quickly find the Monk Cave, get some pictures and be out in time. From the research I had done, I was lead to believe that the cave was a short distance into the forest to the west of the dirt road I park on. When we arrived in the vicinity of the cave, it was already late in the day. Since the trip to this site was long, I recruited Chad to tag along for the ride. The first Monk cave on my list was located in Franklin county Massachusetts. There may still be many hidden behind a juniper bush or under the cover of the roots and leave of a tall maple. This has kept them well hidden from the public. Over time many of them have become over grown with trees and shrubs. Others have multiple chambers with entrance tunnels as long as sixty feet or more. Some of them are simple single chambers built into hill sides or as a dirt covered mound. Some believe these structures resemble those built in Ireland by a certain order of Irish Monks. These stone chambers come in many style but its the beehive shaped chambers that are the center of the debate. Mystery Hill, and Gungywamp are the only sites that are commercially available to the public, while the rest remain hidden on private land or from public knowledge. The Early Sites Research Society which has been studying the chambers for over three decades, claims to have documented over 400 chambers in New England. Dix, there are 105 astronomically aligned chambers in Massachusetts, 51 in New Hampshire, 41 in Vermont, 62 in Connecticut, 12 in Rhode Island, and 4 in Maine. The fact that many of them seem to be align with astronomical should give one pause. Archaeo-astronomer Byron Dix has determined that New England is chock-full of underground chambers. Others entertain the idea that these lithic sites were constructed by much earlier visitors. Some historians say they are only ‘root cellars’ that were built by colonists. These sites consist of stone chambers and monuments of various styles and sizes.
Few people are aware of their locations, and they wish to keep it that way.
Many places of questionable history and lore are hidden across New England.
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