stone fence
Fieldrock boundary wall
A stone fence is a wall built from stacked stones, typically without mortar, used to mark property boundaries or contain livestock.
Common in New England and other rocky regions where farmers cleared fields of stones.
Also called a stone wall or dry stone wall.
Separately, stone fence is an old American cocktail of hard cider and whiskey.
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- rockSolid earthen material
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- property lineLegal land boundary
- fieldstoneUncut natural building stones
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- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- old drinksmead, ale, claret, sack, wassail
- cemeterygrave, headstone, headstones, graves, tombstone
- vernacular buildingsadobe house, bamboo hut, cob house, log cabin, mud hut
stone fencewooden fence
Plank barrier around property
rail fence · picket fence · chain-link fence · metal fence · hedgerow
stone fencetemporary fencing
electric fence · snow fence · temporary barrier · rope line · rope barrier
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