Ed-NH
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Hi all,
Here are some pics of the nicest cellar hole that I have seen in the woods. I think this family was fairly well off. The site is about a 1/2 mile in the woods from any main road. There is a large local river nearby (surprise surprise).
This site contains a fairly large house foundation of stone and topped with cut granite. There is a small room defined in stone perhaps a cold room? Check out the size of the birch trees growing in that room. Only five feet from the house is an 8 foot shallow well. Another well is about 20 feet away and capped off with granite. A third is about 100 feet behind the house near a stand of trees and is covered with granite.
There is a barn foundation too. It is built on a slope with an open back end as often they did back then. To the front of the barn is something that I have not yet figured out. There are what appear to be two parallel stone walls about 7 feet apart. They seem to make an alley way where perhaps animals were corralled into the barn (I need to take pics of that piece)
There is a main trail road leading to this site as well as stone walls in the area. There is a beautiful path about the width of a horse carriage that surrounds the entire lot and goes between the house and the barn and leads down towards the river.
The sugar maples are impressive in size and age. Some of them are easily 6 feet across at the base with arms as big as some of the large oaks in the area. The trees are laid out around the perimeter of the property or the usable yard area. This was well thought out. I see some tin ware, carriage wheel irons, barrel straps, old buckets, old broken glass and other odds and ends scattered about.
I've only visited here twice so I have not the luxury of scratching around to see if there are any bottles in tact. I love digging bottles. Anyway, I think these people were pretty well off based on the site. It is simply a time capsule in the woods and most beautiful indeed. I am looking forward to hunting it with my 5" coil as it is just full of iron and junk. The harmonica pieces from my 'April 7 4" of snow' post came from an iron infested spot on top of the foundation.
Enough for now here are some pics from my first visit last week during the warm weather and no snow enjoy....
1. The barn
2. The barn
Here are some pics of the nicest cellar hole that I have seen in the woods. I think this family was fairly well off. The site is about a 1/2 mile in the woods from any main road. There is a large local river nearby (surprise surprise).
This site contains a fairly large house foundation of stone and topped with cut granite. There is a small room defined in stone perhaps a cold room? Check out the size of the birch trees growing in that room. Only five feet from the house is an 8 foot shallow well. Another well is about 20 feet away and capped off with granite. A third is about 100 feet behind the house near a stand of trees and is covered with granite.
There is a barn foundation too. It is built on a slope with an open back end as often they did back then. To the front of the barn is something that I have not yet figured out. There are what appear to be two parallel stone walls about 7 feet apart. They seem to make an alley way where perhaps animals were corralled into the barn (I need to take pics of that piece)
There is a main trail road leading to this site as well as stone walls in the area. There is a beautiful path about the width of a horse carriage that surrounds the entire lot and goes between the house and the barn and leads down towards the river.
The sugar maples are impressive in size and age. Some of them are easily 6 feet across at the base with arms as big as some of the large oaks in the area. The trees are laid out around the perimeter of the property or the usable yard area. This was well thought out. I see some tin ware, carriage wheel irons, barrel straps, old buckets, old broken glass and other odds and ends scattered about.
I've only visited here twice so I have not the luxury of scratching around to see if there are any bottles in tact. I love digging bottles. Anyway, I think these people were pretty well off based on the site. It is simply a time capsule in the woods and most beautiful indeed. I am looking forward to hunting it with my 5" coil as it is just full of iron and junk. The harmonica pieces from my 'April 7 4" of snow' post came from an iron infested spot on top of the foundation.
Enough for now here are some pics from my first visit last week during the warm weather and no snow enjoy....
1. The barn
2. The barn
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