Megalithic stonework After spending half a lifetime as a Marine, a mountaineering instructor, and a prolific Jackson, WY architect, Vince Lee turned his attention toward analyzing and documenting the mind-blowing achievements of ancient quarriers and stonemasons...
An Irish Round Tower in Northern California Rare Opportunity Few stonemasons get the opportunity to build structural stone buildings. Fewer still get to work on a round tower in the medieval Irish tradition. On the coast of northern California, members of the...
Although Julius Caesar first invaded Britain in 55 BC, it wasn’t until 43 AD, under Emperor Claudius, that Romans began occupying present-day England. They stayed for nearly four centuries. One Roman settlement was along the swampy northern shoreline of the...
The high prairie north of the Little Belt Mountains in central Montana seems like an endless stretch of flat-topped benches separated by deep ravines called “coulees.” This is where we quarry Flatwillow Fieldstone, a Cretaceous sandstone eroded from the...
Crazy Mountains This October was perhaps the most beautiful month I have seen in Montana since I moved here in 1977. The Frontier Sandstone quarry is located about a two-hour drive northeast of Bozeman, and fortunately I drive there about once per week. It is one of...