Ballast Stones

This building features a foundation of bricks and ballast stones. The stones don't come from the area. When ships came form England loaded with supplies, the loads had to be balanced with stones, less the load cause the ship to pitch forward. When the ship wa unloaded there was no need to take the stones back to England, as they would only weigh the ship down. They were unloaded and left by the docks. Locals used them as building materials and as paving stones.

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