"New to Me" is this blog by the "Wayward Walker."
I'm quite enjoying the vicarious experience of visting some places I'll probably never visit in person, especially now, as I am still recovering from an Achilles Tendon injury.
I miss walking both on and off all the trails that call to me, that often reveal stonework of many kinds...
The one I just re-read again just now, for example:
"I try not to fall into the trap of claiming everything I find is of Indigenous origin. In this case, there is more evidence leading to the conclusion these piles are not waste rock piles. The obvious questions are:
- Why would the farmer place them in the center of a field and not out of the way?
- Where did all these stones come from? They had to have been brought here from another location. I did not see any ledges in this area.
- Why would a farmer take the time to build these piles instead of just dumping them?
- What was this section of the farm used for? It does not appear to have been heavily cultivated. It was fairly wet in sections even though we have not had a hard rain in months. There were plenty of larger stones in place that would have been removed if the land was used either for crops, a hay field, or even a pasture.
I will do some further research on this piece of land but I believe on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being it is a Native American site of some kind, I'll give it a 6."
The Wayward Walker: Farmer's Waste Rocks or Native American Stone Piles
Another:
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