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• A rock lying in the tide on the side of Taunton River, in Berkeley, MA, formerly in Dighton, and marked with a curious inscription, attracted early attention on the part of antiquaries. Rafn, 1837, declared that its markings were a runic inscription of the Northmen, relating to the expedition of Thorfinn Karlsefne, but this view has now been generally abandoned, though the central portion may be Norse.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson