A Possible Serpent Effigy Row in Lewis Hollow on Overlook Mountain in Woodstock, New York. Photo by Mike Luoma.

A Ceremonial Stone Landscape in the Catskills

The Stone Effigy Rows and Manitou Hassanash (Cairns) of Lewis Hollow

As above, so below?

In Lewis Hollow, on Overlook Mountain in Woodstock, New York, intriguing stone features rise up with the ridge. Built over areas of high groundwater permeability, some of the stone assemblages may create a petraform mirroring a…