Newport TowerArkiveret 23. februar 2005 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...In Rhode Island the Newport Tower is constructed in a similar style to the Norse/Scottish buildings of the Western and Northern Isles. More important, every single measurement within Newport Tower is based on the Scottish ell, which equals three Norse feet...When the Narragansett Indians were asked who built the Newport Tower, they replied, They were fire-haired men with green eyes who sailed up river in a ship like a gull with a broken wing...."
September 17, 2004, UnexplainedEarth: Newport's Mystery TowerArkiveret 4. februar 2005 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...the columns do not sit flush against the upper walls...Building a fireplace into a windmill seems utterly inconceivable...the structural similarities of the tower to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Cambridge, England and the Church of St. Olaf in Tunsberg, Norway...In 1946 Professor P. Luvfold and M. Bjorndal discovered a Swedish-Norwegian runic inscription on the west side of the tower, 14 feet above the ground. The inscription was translated as the date 1010...One of the most unique design elements in the Newport Tower is the inclusion of two chimneys built into the fireplace..."
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Archive.org backup: The Vikings: They Got Here First, But Why Didn't They Stay? Citat: "...A stone windmill built by a 17th-Century governor of Rhode Island has long been misinterpreted as a "Viking tower"...Fake runic inscriptions, and similar pieces of phony or misjudged clues, have been reported from Maine to Oklahoma and Paraguay...The last 30 years, however, have produced a new wave of archeological discovery which has validated the literary documentation and brought new respect to the search for Vikings..."
Archive.org backup: the Old Stone Mill in Newport, Rhode Island (e-mail) Citat: "...From what I gather, most are in favor that the mill was modeled after a Chesterton, England windmill, not far from Bedfordshire, where George¹ Lawton (brother of Thomas) could easily have been a builder, or an apprentice..."
Archive.org backup: New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA): Loose Threads in a Tapestry of Stone: The Architecture of the Newport Tower by Suzanne Carlson (omfattende og med billeder) Citat: "...I have studied castle keeps, the battlements of walled cities and city gates, displaying the forms of all the elements of Newport tower, but all on solid bases. The most interesting of the military structures are the dual purpose, Scandinavian round churches. They meet the criteria of form, several stories, and randomly placed windows... One searches in vain for a plausible prototype for the Newport Tower. Everything about its design is inconsistent with 17th century sensibilities..."
September 17, 2004, UnexplainedEarth: Newport's Mystery TowerArkiveret 4. februar 2005 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...the columns do not sit flush against the upper walls...Building a fireplace into a windmill seems utterly inconceivable...the structural similarities of the tower to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Cambridge, England and the Church of St. Olaf in Tunsberg, Norway...In 1946 Professor P. Luvfold and M. Bjorndal discovered a Swedish-Norwegian runic inscription on the west side of the tower, 14 feet above the ground. The inscription was translated as the date 1010...One of the most unique design elements in the Newport Tower is the inclusion of two chimneys built into the fireplace..."
Archive.org backup: Council hears plea for archaeological dig Citat: "...Janet Barstad...She showed images from the radar survey, which showed a wall system and slab system as pockets of bright red against a purple and white background. The wall system measures about 20 by 25 feet and the slab measures about 18 by 20 feet...The features are located within 50 feet of the Old Stone Mill..."
Archive.org backup: May 21, 2004, East Bay Newspapers: The Old Stone Mill mystery takes another turn Citat: "...In October of 2003, Barstad conducted a ground penetrating laser [radar?] study of the ground beneath the tower...appears to be a wall system with a door or a gate and a rectangular slab...the structure could be more than a simple windmill..."
Newport TowerArkiveret 23. februar 2005 hos Wayback Machine Citat: "...In Rhode Island the Newport Tower is constructed in a similar style to the Norse/Scottish buildings of the Western and Northern Isles. More important, every single measurement within Newport Tower is based on the Scottish ell, which equals three Norse feet...When the Narragansett Indians were asked who built the Newport Tower, they replied, They were fire-haired men with green eyes who sailed up river in a ship like a gull with a broken wing...."
