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Berkeley Mystery Walls
- dzdt 9y agoThis is a sensationalist article that plays up the "mystery" and old ideas that have since been proven false ("ancient civilizations!"). There has been modern research into these walls, and they date to 1850-1880 when the rush of European settlers arrived clearing pasture for livestock. [1] http://m.newser.com/story/230029/the-east-bay-walls-continue-to-confound.html http://m.newser.com/story/230029/the-east-bay-walls-continue... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bay_Walls https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Bay_Walls
- ng12 9y agoThat was my first thought too. There are "walls" like these all over New England.
- Boothroid 9y agoI think we can safely say the builders were not from Yorkshire, where the workmanship is of far higher quality: https://www.ydswg.co.uk/ https://www.ydswg.co.uk/