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, ...
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 ...
Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.
MESS. IT LANDED IN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A LOVELY PLACE. THE WORK IS LOUD, IT’S DIRTY. AND DID I MENTION HEAVY? WELCOME TO THE HOME OF AMERICAN STONE CRAFT IN LOWELL I MAKE PRODUCTS OUT OF FIELD STONES ...
Artisans around the world are ditching the mortar and embracing an old method of building rock walls Clachtoll Broch, a Scottish dwelling with dry stone walls, was built at least 2,000 years ago. Its ...
(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 ...