Deerfield Nature Trail Stop 8: The Stone Wall

Stone walls can be found across the park, remnants of an agricultural past.

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Dating back to the 1700s, the region was cleared for homesteads and other land uses. Local rocks such as greenstone and rhyolite were used in the consturction of farm boundaries and home foundations. These foundations can still be found throughout the park, but now nature is slowly growing over them as they serve as habitat and shelter for wildlife.