“Along the ridge I passed a pile of
rocks, not randomly scattered but intentional…then another… then another. My ATC Trail Guide calls this area Bruisers
Knob and explains that farmers cleared fields on the mountaintop, stacking them
to make way for crops and for other uses.
I’ve seen long stacked stone walls and fences in the woods before, but
not dozens of piles of rocks in such close proximity…Some stacks were quite
neat, as though they had been completed recently…”
More: http://smokyscout.blogspot.com/2014/02/at-project-in-va-sinking-creek-mountain.html
One of hundreds of 'cairns' or rock piles built by farmers clearing the land on the spine of Sinking Creek Mountain:
One of hundreds of 'cairns' or rock piles built by farmers clearing the land on the spine of Sinking Creek Mountain:
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