[MassHistPres] Preserving Old Wells

[Sarah French Storer Rickson, DNRT]

Our land trust also has a property with a beautiful historic round stone 
well, with very attractive stone work.  It is all part of a relic 
homestead along an old woods road.  We are contemplating designing a way 
to cover the well with a thick piece of plexiglass and stonework so that 
folks can actually see the well.  Currently we have the well covered 
with a huge flat stone we located nearby.  It just seemed a shame to 
hide such great craftsmanship!
Sarah FS Rickson
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust

Sarah French Storer Rickson
Land Manager
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust, Inc.
404 Elm Street
PO Box P-17
Dartmouth MA 02748

Ph: 	508.991.2289
Fax:  	508.991.4044
email:	sarah at dnrt.org
	www.dnrt.org



SMARGAN at aol.com wrote:

>Our land trust had been given a parcel of land which has two old stone  wells 
>on it. We would like to preserve these, along with the old stone walls,  but 
>both wells must have a covering of some kind and be safe enough for the  
>public to view, enjoy, etc. One contractor told us just to fill them in, as  this 
>would be the least costly and, of course, no one could then fall into  either 
>of them. The land trust would like to get some ideas about how to cap  them in 
>an aesthetically pleasing and "historically correct" manner. 
>Thanks for any information. 
>    Sandy Peterson
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