Stone Holes (Mooring Stones)
"On the bank of the Pelican River, near the east end of the suspension bridge connecting Peterson and Sherwin Parks, lie three boulders into which have been drilled odd-shaped triangular holes. A nearby plaque proclaims them "Viking Mooring Stones." These stones–originally from the east shore of Grove Lake–are among many scattered across the Minnesota lake country and the Red River Valley. They are commonly believed to have been made by a wandering group of Norsemen, who reputedly used them to anchor their long ships while on a voyage of discovery into North America."
- Text from "The Myth of the Mooring Stones" (Roger Pinckney, Pelican Rapids Press)
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Blog Posts and Articles
- "Drilling, Blasting, and Explaining the "Surviving" Stone Holes of Minnesota (Lightning Post)" (Andy White, 9/29/2016)
- "More Data on the Rock Blasting Technologies of the 19th and early 20th Centuries" (Andy White, 9/28/2016)
- "Minnesota Stone Holes and 19th Century Technologies for Breaking Rocks" (Andy White, 9/27/2016)
- "Molds of Minnesota Stone Holes (Lightning Post)" (Andy White, 9/26/2016)
- "Minnesota Stone Holes and the Boulder Field Quarry Hypothesis: I Dare You to Prove it Wrong" (Andy White, 9/26/2016)
- "How Many Norsemen Does it Take to Make a Triangular Hole in a Rock?" (Andy White, 9/9/2016)
- "What Were the "Viking" "Mooring" Stones Really Used For"? (Jason Colavito, 1/29/2013)
- "Mooring Stakes: An Old Technology" (Nathan Lipfert, 11/4/2011)
- "New Thinking on the "Mooring Stone" Theory" (Judy Rudebusch, 8/31/2006)
- "The Viking Mooring-Stone Saga Sails On" (William R. Corliss, Science Frontiers 132, November-December 2000)
- "The Myth of the Mooring Stones" (Roger Pinckney, Pelican Rapids Press, 4/30/1997)
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