“It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea..." Edgar Allan Poe
20 August 2012
Rocks of ages
Ashley Ave., Charleston, S.C.
Where, I ask you, where did they get all of these stones in Charleston? Tabby maybe, but rocks? I don't know if there is any other stone wall like this in the lowcountry and I love it. It reminds me of Ireland.
They could be. I always pictured those as rounder rocks like the cobble stone streets. On the other hand, maybe they weren't round to begin with. They may have rounded by years of use.
It also strikes me as weird whenever I see real 'stones' here... I can dig them out by the bouderload up at my cabin in NY, but here the biggest thing I dig out is an old brick.
It is lovely, Joan. And if you don't know where they get it, I surely don't!
ReplyDeleteSo unusual for this area.
DeleteThe stones are interesting, but the porch chandelier has caught my attention!
ReplyDeleteI know, isn't it grand?!
DeleteMaybe they were ballast many years ago?
ReplyDeleteThey could be. I always pictured those as rounder rocks like the cobble stone streets. On the other hand, maybe they weren't round to begin with. They may have rounded by years of use.
DeleteOn ships, probably, but Charleston has huge outcrops of Limestone way under soil.
ReplyDeleteI may need to track down the answer to this question. I think I can.
DeleteIt also strikes me as weird whenever I see real 'stones' here... I can dig them out by the bouderload up at my cabin in NY, but here the biggest thing I dig out is an old brick.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I always want to bring a trunk full back when I am in the mountains.
DeleteJoan, Norfolk has stones too like this picture, yet they are native here. They are often shipped in the regular old fashioned way: by truck....
ReplyDeleteCORRECTION: "Norfolk has stones too like this picture, yet they are NOT native here, like Charleston." (It should read)
DeleteI thought that was what you meant. This wall and home are quite old though.
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