"Hammer dressed finish: In this type of finish, the stones are usually made roughly square or rectangular by means of a hammer…”
If the quarried stones are dressed to be square or rectangular, then there is a high degree of probability that this is a characteristic of European colonial settler stonework.
If the quarried stones at a circa 1700 house overlooking the Nonnewaug Wigwams are dressed to resemble rattlesnakes or Great Serpents, then there is a high degree of probability that the People Living at the Nonnewaug Wigwams were the stone masons creating these guarding effigies...
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