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Garden at the Castle and Key(née Old Taylor) Distillery, Millville, KY

The fence along the left edge is a classic example of a stone fence. It it built of limestone, carefully shaped and stacked such that the wall is held together without mortar. I believe this type of fence originated in Scotland, but is quite common in Central Kentucky, presumably originating from Scottish immigrants to this area.

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Garden at the Castle and Key(née Old Taylor) Distillery, Millville, KY

The fence along the left edge is a classic example of a stone fence. It it built of limestone, carefully shaped and stacked such that the wall is held together without mortar. I believe this type of fence originated in Scotland, but is quite common in Central Kentucky, presumably originating from Scottish immigrants to this area.

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We call that dry wall. But in the states that's what you refer to plaster board as! We have some around our garden. Keeps the foliage separate from the lawn.
 
Garden at the Castle and Key(née Old Taylor) Distillery, Millville, KY

The fence along the left edge is a classic example of a stone fence. It it built of limestone, carefully shaped and stacked such that the wall is held together without mortar. I believe this type of fence originated in Scotland, but is quite common in Central Kentucky, presumably originating from Scottish immigrants to this area.

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I think that type of fence is common anywhere there are excess rocks in the soil. 🙂 We had a similar one when we lived in Connecticut made of rounder fieldstones, and a lot of houses had similar unmortared fences. You have to do something with all the rocks you dig up when building a house!
 
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I think that type of fence is common anywhere there are excess rocks in the soil. 🙂 We had a similar one when we lived in Connecticut made of rounder fieldstones, and a lot of houses had similar unmortared fences. You have to do something with all the rocks you dig up when building a house!
I hear that in some areas, they just kinda heave up out of the soil during the freeze/thaw cycles, so it’s like you’re growing rocks! Like you said, you gotta do something with them, as a rocky field isn’t the best for agriculture.

I always liked this concept of just turning it into a wall. I recently busted out a concrete patio and I used the rubble to build a relatively small wall at the back of the property. You can’t even tell it’s concrete when you put the rough edges out. It ends up looking like limestone, which makes sense since that was the parent material in the first place!
 
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