Angle Tree Monument - Plainville MA
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nomadwillie
N 41° 59.116 W 071° 21.861
19T E 304139 N 4650844
Located high street. The entrance is well marked with a sign.
Waymark Code: WM12H90
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2020
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The Whitfield Cheever House (1807), corner of West Bacon and Warren Sts., has an ell at the rear containing a fireplace with a brick oven large enough to hold a huge iron kettle used for hog-scalding and soap-making. East of the house a path leads from West Bacon St. through woods to the Angle Tree Monument in 'Mary Sayle's pasture.' This is a slate shaft 7 feet tall erected about 1640 near the North Attleborough Line. A circle at the top on the north side of the shaft carries the words ' Massachusetts Colony,' and one on the south side bears the inscription 'Plymouth Colony.' According to a tradition, when the line dividing Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies was first established at the Angle Tree, the following warning was posted on it: 'Beyond this line Roger Williams may not goe.'
Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People pg 429
The monument is now enclosed in the pictured building with 2 viewable angels which are covered by plexiglass. This makes it tough for a good picture due to reflections, smudges and marks in the plexi. Worth a visit
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 429
Year Originally Published: 1937
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