Ancient Navigational Aids Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Granvilleisland on 26-Jan-03. Waypoint GCCAD3

Unfortunately this milestone didn't say 'Londinium' and 'Verulamium' although it is located on the old Roman road of Watling Street, now the A5183, just south of Redbourn, Hertfordshire.

Found this one near Fletcher Falls on Kootenay Lake B.C. Definitely leads one to this beautiful beach, camp area, and the gorgeous falls.

These rocks point the way.

Trouvé ce très bel Inukshuk à Ste-Croix sur les berges du St-Laurent cet été... Il montre toujours la même route en hiver!
Found this beautiful Inukshuk this summer on the St-Lawrence river’s bank... It still show the same way even in winter!

This aid is located near Ettringen / Eifel / Germany.
The sign at the left is the symbol for the old north-south hike-way, the Vulkanweg.

Chloderic

I found this one in Solingen Germany. It shows the Heading and distance to Berlin.

Greetings from germany Ralf

Found this near Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.

It was an restored old NavAid of Kiel Fjord.

schmittinger

Distancemarker in the heart af Aalborg, Denmark. Sorry for the dark photos, but I got them this morning.

THIS IS A MARKER ON THE FIRST HIGHWAY IN THE USA..THIS IS NATIONAL ROAD IT WAS BUILT ENTIRELY ON FEDERAL FUNDS BY CONGRESS IN 1806. CONSTUCTION BEGAN IN CUMBERLAND MARYLAND IN 1811 AND THE ROAD WAS COMPLETED IN 1830 ENDING IN ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THESE MARKERS CAN STILL BE FOUND ALONG NATIONAL ROAD TODAY THE ROAD HAS HAD ITS NAME CHANGED TO US ROUTE 40. TH MARKER PICTURED IS AN ORIGINAL WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA MARKER. THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION REACHED WHEELING W.VA IN 1818 ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AND THE WHELLING SUSPENSION BRIDGE WAS BUILT FOR THE CROSSING OF NATIONAL ROAD TO WHEELING....TFTC...RAGEXN!!

You will find that INUKSUK at Quebec, Canada. It marks the place of the Makivik Corporation. A non-profit organization owned by the Inuit of Nunavik, with a mandate of the
protection of the integrity of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement.

Vous trouverez cet INUKSUK à Québec, Canada. Il est en face de la Société Makivik. Une organisation sans but lucratif pour la gestion de l'indemnité destinée aux Inuit, conformément aux dispositions de la Convention de la Baie James et du Nord québécois.

Came across this interesting marker while bushwacking through Mint Springs Park in Crozet, VA. Didn't mark the coords. of the rocks, but it was found en route to a virtual cache at the above coordinates (Mystery Tower GCE520). Found 11 caches in the park, this was a nice surprise to stumble upon.

--Agent Scully

This rock pile is all that is left of an old mountian top light house that is now at a trail intersection in Camden Hill State Park in Maine

Doing some caches at an event in Frankfort Michigan..and passed this one up....I turned around and took a picture and was back on my way.

These two Inukshuk's are located on the Elm Grove Road just minutes from Perth Ontario Canada. There is a total of 8 inukshuks within a 3km stretch of this road.

Ancient Navigational can be found even in a forest close to the Swedish city of Göteborg. Along a footpaths you can many times find small “hills†of stone but it not easy to tell how old they are. This footpath can be from the middle ages. In a letter from the year 1312 you can read about a large meeting close by this point. So perhaps this navigational aid can bee many hundred years old.
N 57 41.752 E 012 05.928

Geocache found on Monday, the 31th of October, logged on Saturday, the 12th of November 2005. This is the Ancient Tower of Hercules, placed in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It was built by the Roman Empire on Century II A.C. and since its construction has been used as a maritime navigational aid. Best Regards / Juande.
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Geocache encontrado el Lunes, 31 de Octubre, y registrado el Sábado, 12 de Noviembre de 2005. Esta es la ancestral Torre de Hércules, ubicada en la ciudad de A Coruña, Galicia, España. Fue construida por los Romanos en el Siglo II D.C. y desde su construcción ha sido usada como faro de apoyo a la navegación marítima. Un Saludo / Juande.

We made a visit to Churchill, Manitoba to see the polar bears. During one of our many walks about the town we came across this large Inuksuk near the Port. Churchill has a rich heritage of Inuit, Cree and Dene presence.
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Here Is Little Mugsy Holding the GPS in front of a Inukshuk at the Labrador Health Centre.It's in the community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay,Labrador.It's the Health centre for central and Northern Labrador,seving the Inuit and innu of Labrador.

This is an old navigation aid/geothetical point of Pirita (in Tallinn, Estonia). In that side of the picture is written taht it is under protection of Republic of Estonia, on the other side there is an old sign whick was strange.

This rock cairn is located on the top of Parker Mountain in Strafford, New Hampshire. Cairns have been used to mark trails in the woods for hundreds of years. In the harsh above treeline areas of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, you can find literally hundreds of cairns to mark the way in really bad weather.

At the risk of being whipped , I pass by this little Inukshuk probably 3 or 4 times a week. It is about half way about half way between my house and the big Inukshuk at the Second Cup on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta logged by mhicks in June 2003. Sure it was made by some art dude and is in someones front yard, but its a marker for me! Once I'm here, just one more Inukshuk until coffee time!

Found it in Germany (Europe)in the near of an other cache.

found (in Italy,Tuscany) this ancient one marks them of land navigation of the Middle Ages that with number 13 perhaps indicated the distance from the Arno River. It is found close on the ancient one "Via Francigena" to the city of Galleno.
Ciao from nice&bice

This biggie one is surely not to be missed by any geo-navigator!

This 20' inukshuk is located just North of Buckhorn, Ontario and directs the way to a small winery. It is also not too far from the Curve Lake Native Reserve.

Found this huge guy in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He rules this street.

We found this in Austria am Arlbergpass
Greeetings Jasi+Saba

N 52 59.192 W 001 07.975
This is just around the corner from home (Nottingham UK), next to one of ab's favourite golf courses. Never noticed this before until we were looking for a suitable cache

[This entry was edited by AB&MB on Monday, October 10, 2005 at 6:46:20 AM.]

Found this one outside a local house owned by a friend of the family he is native inuit and built it himself


CBfan

This milestone is situated on the A4 in Wiltshire, UK. The A4 used to be the old coach road from London to Bristol via Bath. At this very location there were Highwayman who used to rob coaches in the nude, it supposedly distracted from their descriptions being remembered to well by the coachmen and passengers. Even today the National Express coaches still use this main coach road from London to Bristol.The milestones along this stretch of the road are all maintained in good condition. T4TC

Found this 'navigational aid' milestone on the edge of Lempäälä - Kangasala, Pirkanmaa, Finland.

This Inukshuk was designed to lead the way into the College of the Arts, a campus of Sir Sanford Fleming College, located in the Village of Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. Among other Artistic skills, 'Stone Sculpture' is taught at this location. The Inukshuk is about 2 metres high and stands atop a 2 cubic metre block of Canadian Shield schistosic rock, typical of this region.

On the 15/8 2004 I saw this, on a trip to Greenland, on a mountain crest called "Knut's fjeld" - (Knut's mountain)

A beautiful rainbow, mans best friend and a grouping of Inukshuk, what more do you need to help you find your way home? This grouping (four in all)is located at the road entrance to the Thunder Bay International Airport and I am only claiming the one that my GPS and dog are guarding. TFTH OH-MY-GéOSH

This inukshuk was found inside the London Children's Museum, in London, Ontario. It is about 5 feet tall and features stone that contains fossils of a variety of plant and animal life. So, while the inukshuk itself was built not too long ago, it really is ancient based on what it is made up of!

Navigatonal aid in Slanske Mounitain.

Inukshuk-like Statue
Andres Institute of Art
Route 13
Brookline, NH, USA

We've been planning to return to the outdoor art displays at Andres Institute of Art for quite some time in order to log this large granite artwork which is very reminiscent of an Inukshuk.

This Inukshuk is approximately 9 feet tall, and is on top of a large boulder about 3 feet in height, so I think this qualifies as a large one!

This statue was created in 1999 by Janis Karlous from Latvia. This Inukshuk could even be used as a navigational aid, as it is right at the top of Potanipo Hill and could be seen for miles around if not for the trees blocking the view!

Thanks for the lesson about the history of the Inukshuk and for the interesting locationless cache!

Found this one on our honeymoon in Banff B.C.

I never expected to find an inuksuk in Washington State. While out caching with a friend and her son, I came upon this one, a lot simpler than the ones I saw in northern Manitoba a few years ago.

After spotting it, we found the cache, and while she and her little son started walking back to the car, I literally ran back the quarter of a mile, grabbed my camera, walked quickly back uphill to the inuksuk, took the pictures and then again ran downhill to the car. (And it was hot!)

Whew! I loved them a few years ago and still do.

Found while out searching for caches in / around Carbonear

This is a hiking trail off Oak Hill in concord NH.

Found there were several inukshuks on one property south of Feversham Ontario, but liked this one best.

On the very last day of this cache, I finally got around to logging it after visiting last summer. According to those who know, the Pikes Peak Highway was built along the path of old native American trails that went to the top of "Shining Mountain." This is also a Virtual Cache. Vort.

Trouvé lors de mes vacances 2005 sur la cote nord
voir la photo pour explication
Merci

Alt und Neu über Sargans, Schweiz Europa

Gruss Die Motte

Found a while ago, but forgot to log..

Near Carbonear, NFLD, Canada

We found Inukshuk's on hill Certuv mlyn in Beskyd Mountains in Czech rep. Grandchildren lef to right: Cacheboy, Cacheman and Terry.

We found these navigational aids while in Nassau, Bahamas. The markers were between the Nassau capital buildings and the docks. An adjacent marker notes the landing of Christopher Columbus in Nassau (New Providence Island) in 1492.