Brister Freeman’s Ditch Fence
Posted on | April 8, 2010 | No Comments
Brister’s ditch fence shown above, a mound of dirt with a ditch running beside it on the right, was likely created by Brister Freeman about 200 years ago to keep his animals enclosed.
Naturalist J. Walter Brain discovered Brister’s ditch fence, using Thoreau’s survey map, in the Hapgood Wright Town Forest. Allan Schmidt, former member of the Trails Committee, used it to locate Brister’s home site on the Brister Freeman’s Trail Map in the town forest kiosk. Both are helping author Elise Lemire and the Drinking Gourd Project plan a stone marker to memorialize this site. Map available at: http://www.concordma.gov/pages/ConcordMA_NaturalResources/conservationland/townforestmap.pdf
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