Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

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, ...

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, ...

Far below the waves off western France, divers have mapped a massive stone barrier that has been hidden since long before ...

In Chicago and in cities around the world, landscape architects, masons and builders have been studying the finer points of dry stone walls. Historic preservationists want to preserve the handmade ...

Once again this year, we plan to endure the challenges we know lie in wait at busy air terminals and other obstacles between Zion Canyon and our beloved New England, but upon landing my mind will be ...

Ancient hedges dating back 4,000 years that are an iconic part of the UK's countryside could be under threat by developers. The huge stone and earth structures that divide fields and border many roads ...

In the image below, a material is created and an image file selected for it. There is nothing wrong with this early on, while material selection is still fluid. However, at some point the materials ...

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 ...