Another interesting article by Norman Muller

http://rock-piles.com/Hopkinton/

Follow this link.  Interpreting the Oley Hills Site

From chapter 10 of The Archaeology of Semiotics and the Social Order of Things

These stairs were found while exploring a swampy area between two outcrops.

The stairs start and the bottom of the outcrop and go all the way to the top.

Half way up, the steps curve to the right and behind what appears to be an unused step. Under it,there's a small triangular quartz stone.

Looks like another unused step to the left too.

Below is a picture looking down the stairs from the top of the outcrop.

The steps appear to be very old. Older then any of the stone work in the area.

They're not just laying on the surface. They're firmly planted in the ground.

You can jump and stomp on them and they'll never move.

Canonchet, Rhode Island

This boulder is split and filled.The flat stone was placed intentionally .

Was it chosen because of it's unusual natural human shape or is it man made?

Either way, it's an eerie scene.

click to enlarge.

Seeing it in person, it does look to have been worked by man.

Another question is, Where did the flat stone come from? 

I didn't see a source nearby.

Here's some new stone work that I found while revisiting this site.

The first thing I found  was this odd enclosure.

There's a stone row leading to the enclosure that turns and forms 2 of the walls

The outcrop forms the other walls.

 I didn't find any foundations in the area, just lots of  rock piles and stone work

including the propped boulder pictured below.

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Below is a view looking east from the propped boulder.

 Click on the photo above to enlarge it and you'll be able to see a small platform cairn in the distance

Below is a close-up of the platform cairn.

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The cairn is 5 feet tall and resembles a turtle.