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Various Types of Fences in the US and the Historical Facts of New England Stone Walls

Thu 19 Nov 2009 - 09:48

Various Types of Fences in the US and the Historical Facts of New England Stone Walls
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Connor_R_Sullivan]Connor R Sullivan

Depending on the state or region in which you live, there are different types of CT fencing used for various reasons. For example, if you live in Arizona, mud based adobe like fencing structures are used more than wooden CT fences. In the Midwest simple classic white picket fencing is used quite a bit, and in the southern states, like Kentucky where there are a lot of horse farms, split rail white fences are the favorite choice. Many of these are just based on what is preferred in that region or what holds up best in different types of weather there as well. One kind of fencing, however, has some significant history to it and that is a stone wall that can be found all over New England.

Stone walls can be found on most properties in the following New England states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and New York. A lot of these stone walls are tucked back and hidden in wooded areas of different properties and can not be seen by anyone. People that are interested in subjects like history, science and their actual property soon started to research these different stone walls that could be found in these states in the Northeast. Some of the facts about them are quite interesting.

There are considered to be tens of thousands of segments of stone walls throughout the world with one of the biggest being in New England. If you were to add up the length of all of the stone walls found in New England it would probably reach all the way to the moon. One estimate was that it was about 240,000 miles long. The height of most of these stone walls is higher than the adult knee but lower than the hip typically reaching a height at about 2 feet so they were not very high. It is quite rare to see a stone wall that is taller than this. Most of these walls were not actually built to be a kind of fence which is interesting as that is what it appears to be.

Most stone walls are simply rocks that were placed one on top of the other without anything holding it together. It is thought that they were originally formed by farmers that needed to clear the rocks from their property so they could use the land for growing. They would stack the rocks on the outskirts of their farm which eventually also acted as a property marker too. Most of these walls were built in the early 1600's with the majority of them being built between the time of the American Revolution and the Civil War.

The next time you are in New England take a look around the edge of a property and you will most likely notice a low stone wall that probably has been there for a very long time. It is a unique piece of the history of these states which no other type of fencing can claim.

Connor R. Sullivan has recently worked with a [http://www.ctfence.com/]CT fencing company.

He spent the summer installing [http://www.ctfence.com/]CT fences in his home town.

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