LiDar Swiping

 Students of the "stone wall" like this feature on this CT LiDar Viewer, the "Swipe" option that allows the viewer to quickly switch from a Hillshade view to some autumn aerial imagery that sometimes shows distinct rows of stones sometimes - or sometimes not, as above. Toggling the swiper, one suspects that there may be rows of stones up on that scenic hilltop in my old hometown:

The "longer" LiDar view:

    "Various Algonquian bands, often included in the Wappinger tribe, originally inhabited the Naugatuck River Valley. In fact, the name "Naugatuck" is derived from an Algonquian term meaning "lone tree by the fishing place". One early 19th century author explained that this name originally referred to a specific tree along the river in the area of modern-day Beacon Falls, but came to be applied broadly to the entire river over time. The valley was later settled in the 17th century by English colonists. Given its rocky soil, which was not good for farming, and the high potential for water power, the Naugatuck Valley became an industrialized area in the 19th century. It has been associated with the brass and copper industries…the Naugatuck River has been followed by early paths and roadways and is now followed by Connecticut Route 8. The river enters a forested, hilly area between Connecticut Route 118 and Thomaston..." - Wikipedia

Of course the image immediately reminded me of this map

 whereupon Thomaston is still called Northbury,

 at the Edge of the "Wilderness:"

Is that an already cleared little hill (as was Scott's Mountain) with older Indigenous Stonework (as is/was Scott's Mountain) or is it one of those "Hilltop Farms" where Yankee Exceptionalism transformed the (nearby) Wilderness at sometime or other?? Ceremonial Stone Landscape features or remnants of Merino SHEEP Farmers in the brief period before barbed wire was invented or something??

Why didn't I ask Charlie Crowell if it's known who was the "first farmer" at this particular spot??

Old Aerial:

Some more images, which is about all I have until I find opportunity to ground check

 these probable rows of stones:

1934: Pasture? Hayfields?? Woodlots???