[Leica] Garret Island House C. 1750-60

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I have not heard anything of its having been moved, so I suspect that the original brick foundation was replaced in place as it failed. Stone does not exist here, so brick would have been the foundation of choice of for a nice home. The poor would have used stump sized wood, often tree cross sections.

Any stone here is imported. The town I live in has several walls/fences, but rarely buildings of stone. These were cast off ballast from visiting merchant ships.

ric



> On Jan 13, 2021, at 10:42 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I notice that concrete building blocks serve as pillars, and I wouldn’t think their « invention » is as old as the house itself. The bricks though, attest of much older established.