Stone walls can be found here and there in other states, but only in New England are they nearly ubiquitous. That’s due to a regionally unique combination of hard crystalline bedrock ...

This indicates large, multi-stage trading networks existed in England facilitating the distribution of Purbeck stone. Sourcing ... all the way to its processing and installation in castles ...

hand-carved stone coffin that weighs as much as a large male polar bear—some 1,650 pounds. According to a statement from England’s motorway maintenance company National Highways, the coffin ...