“The early Fence Laws of New England … were created by men interested far more in land-acquisition than in farming.” - Sherlock Stones
"One begins to see a good deal of structure in how the stones were stacked - artistically, ceremonially, religiously, by an Indigenous person who added one stone snake at a time," Dr. Possum added...
Original
Quote: “…disposal piles. That is
exactly what stone walls were. In the days before stonewall building became an
art form, the walls were “linear landfills,” in Thorson’s phrase. As landscape
historian John Stilgoe explains, “The stone walls of New England … were built
by men interested far more in land-clearing than in fencing.”
https://vtdigger.org/2019/01/27/vermonts-stone-walls-never-meant-fences/
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