Old marks: clues left by our great-grandparents

Most of us have been near some portion of the remnants of the D&H Canal and have been able to spot some of the surviving rock work. Some areas have even been preserved by the National Park Service and other agencies and groups. During the last century, the canal had a big influence on the area, and bits of coal along the riverbank and remnants of bluestone quarries tell a story of some of these products that were moved along the canal.

Clues exist in other areas too. Maybe you were walking in an upland forest and spotted a huge tree with a very wide trunk alone amongst other smaller trees? Perhaps the area was once farmland and that tree had a chance to grow wide and tall by itself. Rock walls and old foundations abound in the largely undisturbed land in our region. Presented here are a few clues.