A stone fence / myLot

United Kingdom

October 28, 2024 5:01pm CST

I have heard Americans talk about stone fences, for example when describing the countryside of Yorkshire which is well known for its miles of dry-stone walls, so I understood the term ‘stone fence’ to be American for ‘wall’. But when I saw this field boundary a few days ago it was something new for me (although it obviously isn’t new at all to the locals in that area!) It’s clearly not a wall but a fence made from thin stone slabs set upright and supported by an iron rail. Have you seen this type of boundary before? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47334)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

29 Oct

No, I haven't seen one like that, but when I was a teenager the property behind ours was made of limestone chunks and mortar.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13034)

• Ireland

28 Oct

@fleura No, and it doesn’t look all that stable. We have miles of dry stone walls all over the countryside too. Great places for hares on our west coast.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (92783)

• United States

28 Oct

That does look quite unusual.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (106362)

• Marion, Ohio

29 Oct

I haven't seen that

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340150)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Oct

I've seen fences like this in Australia and small sheep-yards too made from stone slabs. Here is a post I wrote about it in 2020, describing how the slabs of rock were created by making a fire on a outcrop, letting it heat then throwing water on it, causing slabs to break off. This is the link if you're interested. I hope I'm allowed to add it here. https://www.mylot.com/post/3408530/creating-rock-slabs-with-heat-and-water

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Fleur

@Fleura (30402)

• United Kingdom

29 Oct

Thanks, I didn't know about that, what an interesting method!

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