Newport Tower (Rhode Island)
The Newport Tower (also known as: Round Tower, Touro Tower, Newport Stone Tower and Old Stone Mill) is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island (USA).
It is commonly considered to have been a windmill built in the mid-17th century. However, the tower has received attention due to speculation that it is actually several centuries older and represents evidence of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.
Read more about Newport Tower (Rhode Island): Description, Construction, Alternative Hypotheses
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“With the noise of the mourning of the Swattish nation!
Fallen is at length
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Its sun is dimmed ere it had nooned;
Dead lies the great Ahkoond,
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—George Thomas Lanigan (1845–1886)