Posted by Michael Maruzzella
on 7/9/2005, 10:18 pm, in reply to "Stone Chambers"
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I've lived in the Putnam county area for over 25 years. Since I was a child, my father talked about the root cellars he saw near his summer house in Fishkill. Martin Breech, an historian living in Mahopac, has put forth a theory that Celtic kings were buried in the small stone chambers. The markings, which are varied and circumspect, are the result of weathering, not inscriptions. I have visited many of the stone chambers, and there is nothing unusual about them. The opening, usually faces east, to let sunlight reach the back of the chamber, and most of the doors have rotted away. The unusual fact is that Putnam County has approx. 200 chambers, far more than any other area in new York State. You can see a Stone Chamber along route 22 traveling north before the Indian Restaurant on the right in lower Southeast. There is a large one near the intersection of Farmers Mills Rd. and Route 301, and another chamber further west on Route 301 on the right.
I hope I have been helpful,
Mike
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