Vertical Stones

In the vast majority of cobblestone structures, the long axis of the stones, where they are not round, is oriented in a horizontal direction. A vertical orientation of the long axis of the stones is a unique feature, and is generally found in portions of a wall.

The majority of exceptions to this occur in New York, Niagara County. In fact, vertical orientation of stones is a characteristic of this county. Seventeen of the 48 structures contain some wall area with such arrangement of stones.

There are, to our knowledge, only three other New York state cobblestones with vertical stones, and these occur in Orleans County, which borders on Niagara County. In each of these instances, the wall area with this structure is limited.

Roudabush Survey page 31

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Large area of vertical stones. 		Sod_1_4
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Stones oriented between vertical and horizontal axes in this herringbone pattern. 		Car_7_6
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Vertical stone decorating small areas such as this border separating groups of distinctly different stones laid horizontally.