I'd never noticed before
at the beginning of the trail to the catwalk:
“A Dressing of Stone: After quarrying, Stones are to be dressed for
finish surface. The stone dressing can be done easily just after quarrying. The
stone blocks are cut and squared as per requirements with the help of dressing
tools. There are many types of tools uses for the dressing of stones such as
pitching tools, mason’s hammer, club hammer, scabbling hammer, spacing hammer,
drafting chisel, point chisel, punch chisel, claw chisel, soft stone chisels
scabbling pick, puncheon, and ax…
Hammer dressed finish: In this type of finish, the stones
are made roughly square or rectangular by means of a hammer…”
https://www.civilknowledges.com/dressing-of-stones/
An Indigenous
Pootatuck, Paugussett
circa 1700
Snake Dressing of Stone
Back at home in Nonnewaug:
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