Far below the waves off the coast of Brittany, France, divers have mapped a massive stone barrier that should not exist, at ...

The Sein Island submerged stone structures include a football-field-long granite wall off Brittany that dates back more than ...

Archaeologists rarely expect clarity when surveying the ocean floor, since water tends to erase context rather than preserve ...

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, ...

WESTPORT — When he looks at an old stone wall, geology professor Robert Thorson sees so much more than a pile of broken rocks stacked a certain way. He sees more than a long-term sturdy fence to keep ...

—This is the first in a series of articles on how you can enhance your walks in nature. That walk in the woods really rocked. That’s what you’ll be saying if you look at stone walls as more than just ...

Stone walls have purpose, personality and permanence. Historically, their purpose was to contain livestock, define boundaries and serve as convenient storage for the many rocks removed from fields to ...

EGREMONT -- Paul Montgomery has a knack -- and a bit of an obsession -- for building classic New England stone walls. Since March, the 61-year-old homeowner has strenuously and meticulously placed ...