These Barn stones held up a Barn that was 40 ft by 30 for approximately 110 years on my family's Farm, so I doubt that a 14x16 cabin is going to make them collapse( they are solid Stone that are 12 in thick by 4 ft long that were ham Chevrolet 120 years ago that I would make proper footings for them to rest on to begin with after I dig down below the frost line