The earthwork guy rebuilt part of the old foundation that's in front of the house. The original foundation, from the previous house built on the site in the 1800s, consisted of the 2 walls visible here to the left of and behind the excavator's bucket. of the wall just this side of the guy in the blue shirt, and extended to about the right edge of the picture. We had the right-hand wall rebuilt to make the old foundation about half of it's original size, and for safety reasons, filled it to be about 3 feet deep instead of the original 6 feet.