Old Houses in Vermont/Exploring towns

[austin2012]

I'm a Vermont native and exploring towns and just driving through them in my car and guessing the age of the house is just an exciting thing. I've been having trouble recently finding cellar holes, I believe they're in deep woods just trying to figure out which part of Vermont and how to get to them.

Does anyone have any input, I know there's a good amount of cellar holes and just foundations of older buildings in NH.

Feel free to join in the conversation.

 

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[sutphin]

YOU ALL ARE LUCKY DOGS TO HAVE ALL THE CELLAR HOLES TO SEARCH ...GOOD LUCK ...

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

I'm a Vermont native and exploring towns and just driving through them in my car and guessing the age of the house is just an exciting thing. I've been having trouble recently finding cellar holes, I believe they're in deep woods just trying to figure out which part of Vermont and how to get to them.

Does anyone have any input, I know there's a good amount of cellar holes and just foundations of older buildings in NH.

Feel free to join in the conversation.

Talk to some locals, and get landowner permission to walk some stone walls. In VT cellar holes are everywhere

 

[Vermonter]

This is the time of year to find them, before the leaves are out. I've tried my luck at several this spring. A lot of the fun is just finding and being at the old sites, appreciating the history and the hard lives that were lead. Sometimes they can be a little spooky. The cellar holes by the roadsides are almost always pretty well pounded. The good ones you have to work for. Following stone walls is pretty much the key. Look for very large (dead) trees. They are frequently found around an old site. Apple trees (descendants from the old times) are a dead giveaway too. Around here, I look for patches of myrtle or princess pine. Obviously you'll see a mound/lip. Really, it's the stone walls. Parallel walls can mean old road. Breaks in the wall always investigate, right angles, etc. You usually see a pen or the barn foundation before the house.