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Ancient Cave Art?
Discovering Possible Glyphs in a Burlington, Vermont “Sea Cave”
“Is that… something?”
I stared at a scalloped-shell shape seemingly carved into the cave wall in front of me. It was something, all right. Exactly what? That remains a mystery, for now. Opinions differ. But it could be a possible petroglyph or mud glyph — ancient, Native American cave art.
Prehistoric art on a cave wall in Burlington, Vermont?
I made my way back to the Burlington Sea Caves in mid February. This intriguing Vermont site, only accessible on foot during the winter when you can cross frozen pond ice, is also known as the Donahue or Intervale Sea Caves, or “The Devils Den”. I had first visited in January, but the cave floor, covered in about a foot of water, hadn’t yet frozen over. You can read about that first trip to the Sea Caves in Inside the “Devil’s Den”.
I wanted to get into the back of the cave, to see if it went any further on either side in back (it didn’t). And of course, I wanted to see if there was anything else of note to check out back there. At the very least, I hoped to get video and photos from the back of the…
