I know this branch of mathematics may be a little difficult to grasp, but it’s true TT + TT = H. This Sunday, whilst staring at the two TT stones, Aimee, Giovanna and Derrick figured it out. Great job.
Derrick thinks the stone was split on purpose, which is a shame, but at least we have the two halves. It would have been nice if it was a “G” for Gill. We are now definitely sure that it’s a carriage step and the mystery of the TT stones has been solved. We will probably mortar it back together at some point. We will use it as a bench of some sort. If we are careful we may be able to dye the mortar and do a half decent job. Note the mechanically polished front face, Derrick thinks they achieved this with sand, water and a lot of elbow grease.
There was a Hutton living around the corner as you can see from this 1870 map, maybe it belonged to that family? Note that in this map our house is on Prospect Street. It was renamed Gill Street a few years later when the Rondout was incorporated into Kingston. Kingston already has a Prospect Street so they couldn’t have two.
If you’re unfamiliar with the TT stone, you may want to read some previous posts starting with “we find another TT stone“.
That looks rather cool and much better than TT
I love this stuff!
The Beers Map is 1870. I incorrectly wrote “1870’s” when I shared it with you.
Thanks Marissa, I have now corrected this.
Yes I totally agree Mr. Invader 🙂
I think it was actually a metal fastener that was used to hold the stones together. They used to use that method back in the day. BTW – hope all is well. Yulia and I miss Kingston and all of the good peeps!