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1. VIKING RUINS in Rhode Island?

There’s a mysterious tower in Newport, Rhode, and no one can explain when or why it was built. Could it be a Viking ruin?
Broadcast on:
22 Feb 2021

To Visit: 

  1. Newport Tower: 5 Touro Park St W. Newport, Rhode Island, 02840
    Hours: Always available for viewing
  2. Newport Tower Museum: 152 Mill St, Newport, RI 02840
  3. Dighton Rock: 3rd Avenue, Berkley, MA. 02779
    Museum Hours: By appointment only; open daily at 9:00

SOURCES: 

  1. The Controversy Touching the Old Stone Mill in the Town of Newport: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015089568243&view=1up&seq=53
  2. The Archaeology of the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island, by William S. Godfrey Jr.: https://www.jstor.org/stable/277246?seq=1
  3. The Enigma Of Dighton Rock: https://www.americanheritage.com/enigma-dighton-rock#5
  4. Dighton Rock, a Study of the Written Rocks of New England, by Edmund Delabarre: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b542245&view=1up&seq=32
  5. Britannica, Vinland: https://www.britannica.com/place/Vinland
  6. The Newport Tower, by Jason Colativo: http://www.jasoncolavito.com/the-newport-tower.html
  7. The Newport Tower Museum: http://www.newporttowermuseum.com/styled-4/index.html

Music: 

  • Swimmey Texture Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Thunderbird Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
There’s a mysterious tower in Newport, Rhode, and no one can explain when or why it was built. Could it be a Viking ruin?