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Newport Tower (Rhode Island) - Wikipedia The Newport Tower, also known as the Old Stone Mill, is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island, the remains of a windmill built in the mid-17th century
A Closer Look at the Mysterious Newport Tower The tower is often described as a stone mill that belonged to Benedict Arnold, the first governor of Rhode Island (and ancestor to the famous traitor), but its age and celestial curiosity have given rise to competing theories
Enigmatic Newport Tower – Built By The Vikings, Knights Templar . . . Historian Gavin Menzies argues that in 1421, Chinese sailors built the tower as either a lighthouse or an observatory According to Menzies, at Newport, the expedition commanded by Admiral Zhou Wen was forced to stop There, they stayed long enough to regroup their fleet and build a lighthouse
The Newport Tower | Local Treasure - New England Today Rhode Island’s Newport Tower: a onetime windmill dating from the 1670s— or a Viking-era church from five centuries earlier? These ancient stones hold their secret fast The origins of the 17th century stone Newport Tower remain an enduring Rhode Island mystery
10 page brief - Newport Tower Museum After 10 years of research I have determined that the 28-foot tall stone-and-mortar tower (that has baffled historians for centuries) in Touro Park, in the heart of Newport, Rhode Island, is the remains of a small fort designed by John Dee, and built by Anthony Brigham’s “preliminary expedition ”
Newport Tower, Newport, Rhode Island - Lost New England Although most likely not a Viking ruin, nor an artifact from some other previously-unknown visitors, the tower is undeniably an important historic landmark as a rare surviving 17th century windmill and one of the oldest structures in the state
The Mysterious History of The Newport Tower - HubPages The Newport Tower, or Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island is a mystery Was it built by Norse Vikings, early English colonists, the Chinese, the Portuguese or the Knights Templar? Nobody really knows but there are lots of theories Check them all out here
Mysterious Newport Tower shines bright on Winter Solstice On the day of the Winter Solstice, the sun’s disk shines through the windows of the 28-foot-tall stone tower Newport Tower Museum owner Jim Egan believes the tower is at least 400 years
The Enigmatic Origins of the Newport Tower - Locations of Lore The Newport Tower is unlike other colonial structures we’re used to seeing – it looks out of place and out of time It’s not surprising that all this lore, whether it’s knights or Vikings, has sprung up around it