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Show . " : f Stone Village in New j England Rated Ancient j NORTH SALEM, N. H. There j are indications that Irish monks I lived here as early as 800 A. D. ': Several archeologists believe that ! a "stone village," recently excavat- j ed, was built more than 1,000 years ago by Culdee monks who came from Ireland to escape the persecution persecu-tion of Norsemen. Archeologist William B. Goodwin of Hartford, Conn., is convinced of the Irish origin of the ruins. They consist of a cluster of stone houses, altars and walls built around a central cen-tral plaza. Bands of Culdees first appeared in Iceland in 795. They built their stone houses on Papey island, where ruins similar to those of this com- 1 munity still stand. According to historians, the migration mi-gration from Ireland to New England Eng-land shores via Iceland and Greenland Green-land is logical since both Irish and Welsh have legends of the discovery of a continent far to the westward. ! So far no human skeletons, tools I or weapons have been found.' There t is no clew as to what became of the : builders if they were Culdee monks. They may have been wiped out by Indians or sailed back to their na-tive na-tive land. Meanwhile, the stone vil- jl lage attracts school classes and archeology students. j I |