The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere – a latticework of dry, ...

There are hundreds of stone walls in Lyme. Stone walls in east Concord. State geologist Rick Chormann and driving force behind the New Hampshire Stone Wall Project looks over a LIDAR readout on the ...

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Originally built as barriers between fields and farms, the region’s abandoned farmstead walls have since become the binding threads of its cultural fabric Robert Thorson - Professor of Earth Sciences ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Master Naturalist Cheryl Laz will discuss Maine’s stone walls at Raymond ...

An archaeologist is piecing together what the V-shaped stone structures—some stretching 500 feet long—were used for. Two chacu hunting traps are seen from the air. The V-shaped hunting traps were used ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) The abandoned ...

Robert M. Thorson created and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative, an online resource on the historic stone walls of New England. He is an advocate for their conservation and management, and a ...