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ACTIVITY:Visit "Dighton Rock"
LOCATION: Dighton, MA
FEE: : free
OPEN DATES: Year-round

COMENTS: An 11-foot-high "glacial erratic" boulder known as Dighton Rock once rested on the shore of the Taunton River adjacent to this park. Covered with petroglyphs, carved designs of ancient and uncertain origin, the rock is now installed in a small museum. The museum exhibits several explanations of the carvings, which range from Portuguese explorers to Native Americans to Vikings.

ACTIVITY:Visit "Anawan Rock"
LOCATION: Rehoboth, MA
FEE: : free
OPEN DATES: Year-round

COMENTS: This rock is located on Rt. 44 in Rehoboth. In 1675 Brttish troops captured chief Anawan here and shot him to death, and later be-headed him. Today people say that when they go to the rock, they sometimes see Flames from a fire, or hear gun shots from the Brittish troops.

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ACTIVITY:Visit "Dighton Rock" LOCATION: Dighton, MA		FEE: : free OPEN DATES: Year-round
COMENTS: An 11-foot-high "glacial erratic" boulder known as Dighton Rock once rested on the shore of the Taunton River adjacent to this park. Covered with petroglyphs, carved designs of ancient and uncertain origin, the rock is now installed in a small museum. The museum exhibits several explanations of the carvings, which range from Portuguese explorers to Native Americans to Vikings.

ACTIVITY:Visit "Anawan Rock" LOCATION: Rehoboth, MA		FEE: : free OPEN DATES: Year-round
COMENTS: This rock is located on Rt. 44 in Rehoboth. In 1675 Brttish troops captured chief Anawan here and shot him to death, and later be-headed him. Today people say that when they go to the rock, they sometimes see Flames from a fire, or hear gun shots from the Brittish troops.