Case file · Folklore / legend
Dighton Rock
A 40-ton boulder in the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts, covered in petroglyphs, first drawn by the Reverend John Danforth in 1680.
1680 CE · 41.81, -71.11 · status: disputed
The account
Over three centuries the carvings have been credited to Phoenicians, Norse, Portuguese explorer Miguel Corte-Real and Chinese voyagers. The rock was moved to a museum in 1963.