The view from above the site in the mountains of Maine. Photo by Mike Luoma.

Stone Prayers On A Maine Mountainside

First Look At A Recently Discovered Potential Ceremonial Stone Landscape

“You’re one of the first people up here!”

As we climbed off the 4-Wheelers we’d ridden up to the site, the landholder let me know just how special my visit was. “Up here” was up, indeed — high up on a southeastern facing mountainside slope in Western Maine, where the landholder discovered odd stone assemblages on their mountain property.

As they sought out explanations for the stonework, they came across my Ancient Stone Mysteries of New England Facebook Group and YouTube video presentations and reached out for more information on what they had been finding. Since then, I’ve been helping them assess the stonework via messages, pictures, and video. And in mid-May 2022, at their invitation, I made a trek to the mountain to see the stonework for myself.

A Possible Stone Prayer on a mountainside in Maine. Photo by Mike Luoma.

The landholder has also reached out to local and tribal archaeologists and authorities and several seasoned experts on this sort of sacred stonework. Discovering the site’s potential as an Indigenous Ceremonial Stone Landscape has led to a meticulous recovery process. The…