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I'm not affiliated with the site I submitted, but some just really love stone walls, especially those of us here in New England. I'm part of a "New English Ston
by rob 1y ago
I'm not affiliated with the site I submitted, but some just really love stone walls, especially those of us here in New England. I'm part of a "New English Stone Walls" Facebook group that has ~65,000 members.
To me (I'm in CT) there's something really cool to be in a forest surrounded by trees but see a perfectly made stone wall just there in the "middle of nowhere." I think about how much time and effort it took back in the early ~1800s to clear all that land, move all those rocks across fields without modern machinery, and put so much effort into constructing these walls. Some are over 6 feet wide and many are in incredible shape for being put together ~200 years ago.
There's also the "Stone Wall Initiative" spearheaded by Robert Thorson of the University of Connecticut that also has tons of info:
https://stonewall.uconn.edu/ https://stonewall.uconn.edu/
(He also has a really good "Stone by Stone" book available on Amazon.)
- pstuart 1y agoIt's a testament to what we can accomplish when we don't have distraction machines at our beck and call.
- joshuamcginnis 1y agoOh, wow. I had no idea there was so much of a community around this phenomenon. Thanks for sharing.