Site 18: Benson House Boulder Quarry | Harvard Forest
Site 18: Benson House Boulder Quarry, HF, N 42º ' W072º ' Glacial erratics lodged in the New England landscape turned plowing into a nightmare but provided plenty of building material for early settlers. An elephantsized boulder could be sliced into slabs, loaded onto stone boats and dragged to the nearest home site by a team of ...