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New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own
Stone walls can be found here and there in other states, but only in New England are they nearly ubiquitous. That’s due to a regionally unique combination of hard crystalline bedrock ...
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Wondering about who built those New England stone walls | Opinion
from "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost Recently the topic of historic stone walls has been a topic of discussion in at least one suburban town in Rhode Island. It seems that some land developers have ...
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Yorkshire Dales walls destroyed in floods rebuilt by volunteers
More than 100 volunteers have helped to rebuild 225m of walls destroyed by flooding earlier this year. The Dry Stone Walling Association (DSWA) said the 'Reeth Wallathon' was a "fantastic success ...
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Dry stone wallers call for subsidy rise to protect environment
A skilled waller can replace three to four metres a day The environmental benefits of dry stone walls are at risk unless the government rethinks subsidy rates, it is warned. The Northumbria Dry ...