We visited Stonehenge
At least it's Kentucky's version of Stonehenge in the small town of Munfordville. Creator Chester Fryer relocated nearly every large rock he could find in the surrounding county to create his masterpiece. Kentucky's Stonehenge doesn't strictly follow the layout of the actual Stonehenge, but reflects the points of the compass with additional rocks marking the cardinal directions. The line of stones leading to his Stonehenge in the one picture will cast a continuous shadow straight into the center of the circle at sunrise the first day of summer. Surrounding areas are divided into other rock displays he calls Earth Mysteries, the Garden of Gethsemane, Rock Gardens, and Rock Park. Munfordville is an old town with many beautiful old buildings and homes. One little log cabin a block off the main drag was built as the Munfordville Inn. I'm not sure of the date, but it's old enough President elect Andy Jackson spent the night there on his way to Washington DC for his inauguration.
posted by Fish-2 at 6:25 AM
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Well I'll be durned!!!
Do the Druids show up during winter soltice?
I didn't know America had a Stonehenge, Fish! Thanks for the pictures.
Walker, talking with the guy that set this up I said, "You like playing with rocks don't you". He said his wife thought he had too much time on his hands.
AGT, I'll have to take a trip up there in December just to see.
Gayle, at least there's no mystery as to why this was created. The guy just loves to make rock gardens.
Curious, I checked around. At:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/set/OVERhenges.html is the story of
"America's Stonehenges"..from small to actual scale and of various construction materials..
foamhenge, carhenge, stonefridge etc. And yes, Munfordville & Chester Frye are in the article...
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