It's easier than digging a cellar hole, though a cellar's better.
Around 1980 there were left a few cellar holes and collapsed buildings.
A massive maple tree stood at one corner of the cellar hole.
The stone step at the main entrance and what must have been the "cellar hole" of this dwelling are still visible.
It burned again, and all that remains is the cellar hole.
"You can't go very far in the New England woods without running into a cellar hole or stone wall with historical significance," he said.
He turned to the rear of the cellar hole and felt his way along into the deepest shadows.
Old stone walls, foundations, and cellar holes are the only remains of the hill's former use.
Old stone walls and crumbling cellar holes are common evidence of the region's agrarian past.
The cellar hole may still be seen, locating where he once lived.