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 ...

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, ...

How stone salls became prevalent in New England. Stroll through the woods of New England and you’re bound to come across long stretches of stone walls. The historic walls function as more than a ...

A submerged stone wall off the coast of Brittany is forcing archaeologists to rethink how early coastal societies lived with ...

Stone wall expert Roberton Thorson will lead a roundtable discussion, workshop, and public lecture in Little Compton, Rhode Island on July 2. Thorson advocates for the preservation of New England's ...

Far below the surface of the Baltic Sea, archaeologists have mapped a 3,000 foot line of stones that looks less like a ...

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 ...