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Balanced Rock is estimated to weigh 60 tons. Geologists refer to it as an "erratic." The boulder is composed of a type of granite that does not match rock normally found in this vicinity and is thought to have been deposited here during the glacial period. It has been suggested in recent years that this may be a dolmen, a Celtic ceremonial stone used to memorialize the dead.
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North Salem, New York · United States
