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Interesting sites near this station
- Stone Fences
- Invasive Species
- List of All Invasive Species for Massachusetts
Stone Fences
As you walk around the Mighton Woods Trail you will see many old stone walls. These stone walls were used in the past to mark property lines for landowners. You may also see what looks like holes or ditches throughout Mighton Woods. Some of these are likely old building foundations.
Throughout some of the surrounding forests, the stone fences likely mark the land where sheep once grazed. In the early 1800’s virtually all of the forests in Eastern Massachusetts were cleared for pasture and stone walls were built to keep the sheep in. The oldest trees in Mighton might be only 80 years old or so.
While some of the fences still mark the property lines for the current owners of the property, most of the them are simply reminders of the past.