Fragments of an Earlier World

Profile Rock

Obverse:

Profile Rock, Quonochontaug, R.I.

Publisher:

O.C. Barrows, Providence, R.I. #C-702

MNM#01-01362

Rounded granite boulder in the surf on Quonnie Beach near the Ashaway Colony, a cluster of cottages near the old Quonochontaug Inn. The boulder just in the surf behind Profile Rock is named "Turtle Rock".

Thanks to a video presentation by the Quonochontaug Historical Society for locating Profile Rock!

GPS 41°19'57.8" N, 71°42'37.4" W

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