The Mysteries of Gungywamp
New England Legends Podcast
Jeff Belanger
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 443, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the stone ruins of Gungywamp in the woods of Groton, Connecticut. This mysterious site could date back as much as 3,000 years and includes strange stone structures from the Native American period as well as the Colonial. Could there also be some European influence here from long before Columbus or the Vikings?
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| 0:00.0 | We're hiking along a trail in Groton, Connecticut, Jeff. |
| 0:08.3 | That we are. |
| 0:09.2 | And there's plenty of forest. |
| 0:10.9 | There's a swampy pond to our left, and now we're heading up a hill. |
| 0:14.8 | Now, I have to say, once we started climbing the hill, the forest feels just a little different. |
| 0:19.3 | Yeah, I felt that, too. |
| 0:21.0 | I mean, on the one hand, we're moving to slightly higher ground above the swamp. |
| 0:24.4 | The trees are taller. |
| 0:25.2 | The forest is a little more dense up here. |
| 0:27.7 | And I've got the creeps. |
| 0:29.5 | Yeah, I get it. |
| 0:30.4 | Me too. |
| 0:31.5 | Maybe that's because our destination is just a head ray. |
| 0:34.5 | Okay, I see several old colonial stone walls. |
| 0:39.6 | And on our right, that looks like an old colonial house foundation. Yeah, and that it is. And just ahead are many more stone |
| 0:45.3 | structures. While the walls in that foundation date back to the colonial period, there's more structures |
| 0:50.5 | in this stone village that date back thousands of years. |
| 0:55.6 | Grab your Indiana Jones hat, Ray. |
| 0:59.8 | We've come to Groton, Connecticut to explore the mysteries of Gungiwamp. |
| 1:05.2 | Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. |
| 1:06.2 | And I'm Ray Osier. |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome to episode 443 of the New England Legends podcast. |
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