Hermione noted:

"Also (as mentioned here - [grahamhancock.com] ) Gifford, J.A.,
and M.M. Ball, 1980, Investigation of submerged beachrock
deposits off Bimini. National Geographic Society Research
Reports. v. 12, pp. 21–38. (Wiki - [en.wikipedia.org] )."

The above refers to "strange rock formations" reported in
"Another Bimini Road?," posted on March 7, 2023, and at
[grahamhancock.com] These "strange rock formations"
are unlikely to be identical to the Bimini Road as described
by the above reference.

The location of this "strange rock formation" in Rankin County,
in range 4 east, township 3 north, section 1 is interesting as it
places this rock formation within the outcrop belt of the
Catahoula Formation. The Catahoula Formation is known for
its rectangularly jointed indurated sandstone and siltstone beds.
The indurated beds are commonly found on the surface and
are primarily the result of weathering. These beds exhibit a
distinct tendency to break at right angles to the surface and
bases of beds into rectangular blocks (Baughman 1971,
Hilgard 1860:156).

At times, these rectangular blocks have been mistaken for and
inspired reports of ancient ruins and civilizations ( Dockery 2016).
One historic example of such a pseudoarchaeological site, or
pseudoruin is the "Brandywine Stone Wall" of Copiah County,
Mississippi (Anonymous 1900a:13, Anonymous 1901a:1,
Anonymous 1901b:16, Dockery 2011, Dockery and Thompson
2016:524). Lowe (1919: 92) noted that jointed sandstone
outcrops of what is now known as the Catahoula
Sandstone in Rankin, Copiah, and Claiborne counties often
resemble massive masonry that has led to them being
misidentified as ancient ruins in these counties (Dockery 2011).
These pseudoruins do not consist of jointed beachrock, like
the Bimini Wall, but of jointed sandstone and siltstone.
In addition, I have found my own pseudoruins in the
Catahoula formation, which I refer to as the "Chalk Hills
Road," composed of rectangularly jointed sandstone in
Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

Finally, I would carefully autheticate any news and other reports
of ancient ruins from Rankin, Copiah, and Claiborne counties
as several outcrops of Catahoula Sandstone have been
misidentified as prehistoric man-made ruins in that region.

References cited,

Anonymous, 1900a. MISSISSIPPI'S GREAT WALL. A Mysterious
Structure Whose Builder No One Now Knows. New York Times,
November 7, 1900, Page 13. New York, New York.

Anonymous, 1901a. A MISSISSIPPI WONDER. An Interesting
Prehistoric Work the Origin of Which is a Mystery. The Lantern,
January 22, 1901, vol. IV, No. 30, p. 1. Chester, North Carolina.
[digitalcommons.winthrop.edu]

Anonymous, 1901b. BURIED WALL CAUSES A STIR. Evidences
of a High Civilization Among Prehistoric Mississippi. San Jose
Mercury, February 10, 1901, Vol. LIX, no. 40, p. 16. San Jose,
California. (California Digital Newspaper Collection [cdnc.ucr.edu] )

Baughman, W.T., 1971. Rankin County geology and mineral
resources. Mississippi Geological, Economic and Topographical
Survey Bulletin no. 115.

Dockery III, D.T., 2011. In search of the Brandywine Stone Wall.
Environmental News of the Mississippi department of
Environmental Quality. vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 18-24, Nov. 2011.

Dockery III, D.T., and Thompson, D.T., 2016. Geology of
Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi, University Press of
Mississippi. 751 pp. ISBN 9781496803139

Hilgard, E.W., 1860. Report on the geology and agriculture
of the State of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi, State Printer,
391 pp.

Lowe, E.N., 1919. Mississippi, its geology, geography, soils
and mineral resources. Mississippi State Geological Survey
Bulletin no. 14. 346 pp.

Note 1: A reference that i found cited, but could not a copy of is:

McIntyre, C., 1981. Brandywine wall curious creation of
nature Charion-Ledger?Jackson Daily News, March 8, 1981

Note2: Another news article with useful information:

Anonymous (1900b) A RIVAL OF BRICK - Mississippi Quarries May
Furnish A New Building Stone. The Times-Picayume, Wednesday,
November 28, 1900. p. 12. New Orleans Louisiana. (The So-Called
"Prehistoric Wall of Brandywine Still Being Explored with Commercial
purposes in view).

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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