Thanks - that makes sense. -- Cheers, Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Sorenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 April 2006 14:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Old Stone Wall--repost > > You often see these in New England. At one time, what are > now woods, was probably a farmer's field. Typically if the > field had stones in it that hampered plowing, they would move > them to the edge of the field, along the fence line. Often > you see these in a zig-zag pattern that followed the path of > the now rotted away split rail fence that was used to mark > the boundary of the field. > > -P > > Bob W wrote: > >> Three weeks ago we were travelling in Connecticut, and I came upon > >> this classic (but tumbledown) New England stone wall while > wandering > >> with my ist D: > >> > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4367728 > >> > > > > do stone walls fall down in that way? Have you any idea who > built it? > > I mean, was it built by Europeans, or by Indians? It looks > less like a > > wall and more like some kind of boundary marker to me. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
