milestones

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They used some of the money to build a cozy new den, complete with ceiling beams salvaged from Mr. Crawley’s great-grandfather’s barn and a hearth made from fieldstones they collected.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

After the leaves and sticks were cleared, jagged tops of about eight fieldstones — often used to mark the burial spots of slaves — jutted out of the earth at regular intervals.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2018

Jim Lillard led the effort for the Madison monument, having picked out the fieldstones that went into the building of the chimney.

From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2017

There’s the Church of St. Dismas, the Good Thief, constructed by inmates of fieldstones and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2015

Initially gravestones were very simple, she said, and fieldstones were used to mark graves.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2014