Here in Nonnewaug, in modern day Woodbury CT, it is my observation that many culturally stacked or laid zigzag rows of stones "snaking across the landscape" falsify Eric Sloane’s statement that:
“One of the minor mysteries of old fences is the zigzag stone fence. Why would anyone place stones in such a fashion? The answer is simple: the stones were thrown there during a clearing, piled against an existing snake-rail fence. The rails rotted and disappeared, but the stones remained, winding across the land in the same crazy manner.”
https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-zigzag-stone-wall-dissenter.html
