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The Newport Tower

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"The Newport Tower (also known as: Round Tower, Touro Tower, Newport Stone Tower and Old Stone Mill) is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island (USA), the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century.
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The tower has received attention due to speculation that it is actually several centuries older and would thus represent evidence of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact. Carbon dating shows this belief to be incorrect."

  • Text and image from Wikipedia entry for "Newport Tower" (accessed 11/15/2015) [links added]


Blog Posts and Articles
  • "Gunnar Thompson Claims to Have Identified Medieval Scottish Lime Kiln Near Newport Tower" (Jason Colavito, 3/7/2015)
  • "Jim Egan Comments on America Unearthed and the Newport Tower" (Jason Colavito, 3/17/2013)
  • "Review of America Unearthed S01E12 "America's Oldest Secret"" (Jason Colavito, 3/9/2013)
  • "Where the Vikings Weren’t – The Newport Tower" (ArchyFantasies, 1/14/2013)
  • "The Newport Tower: A Secondhand Mystery" (Jason Colavito, 12/17/2012)

Other Online Media
  • ​"The Viking-less Newport Tower" (ArchyFantasies podcast, Episode 37, 5/16/2016)

Related Topics
  • Kensington Rune Stone
  • Knights Templar
  • Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Contact
  • Vikings in the New World
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