tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post524815219213076879..comments2024-03-28T19:28:10.100-04:00Comments on <b>Rock Piles</b>: Mystery Stone Structures in Connecticutpwaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-25026560506413940972018-08-09T11:28:44.796-04:002018-08-09T11:28:44.796-04:00A perfectly ordinary stone wall near but not at th...A perfectly ordinary stone wall near but not at the place: https://www.facebook.com/LastGreenValley/photos/a.114450135255324.10189.114209781946026/1609420605758262/?type=3Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-17892972147701823212018-08-09T11:26:48.295-04:002018-08-09T11:26:48.295-04:00"It is interesting to note that the Werge cai... "It is interesting to note that the Werge cairns and platforms occur in the neighborhood of perfectly ordinary stone walls from the 1800s," he writes. I want a look at those "perfectly ordinary stone walls!"Tim MacSweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517237193572593390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-7999005720722031822018-08-09T06:23:14.541-04:002018-08-09T06:23:14.541-04:00DC: I went and added the comment that Europeans ne...DC: I went and added the comment that Europeans never built piles like these. One could point out that "creativity" never managed to get to the European farmers, yet it happened over and over and over on New England farms.pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-84168818713340885372018-08-09T06:20:58.574-04:002018-08-09T06:20:58.574-04:00Thanks Tim. Good to read.
Thanks Tim. Good to read.<br />pwaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647940752050937588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21010261.post-29686073381040033222018-08-08T14:17:24.409-04:002018-08-08T14:17:24.409-04:00"Another explanation that is maybe not as rom..."Another explanation that is maybe not as romantic, but at least as viable, is that the site is a sort of rustic art installation constructed by bored Yankee farmers, less than 200 years ago. Farming in New England is a difficult business and early efforts at cultivating fields or improving pastures involved a lot of moving rocks out of the way. In general, fieldstone was used to make walls,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com