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Aug 6, 2023 · In many ancient societies, fences made of solid materials like wood, stone, or mud-brick were seen as a sign of higher social standing. Those who could afford to build fences around their land would be seen as wealthier, and this perception still rings true in modern society today with the use of privacy fencing around homes or backyards.
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Humphry Repton wrote in 1803 in reference to England that “every county has its peculiar mode of fencing, both in the construction of hedges and ditches, which belong rather to the farmer than the landscape gardener.” In America, where the tasks of partitioning, cultivating, and embellishing the landscape were considered inseparable, the distinctio...
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1. Rex, Charles, August 1641, instructions to Sir William Berkeley (quoted in Billings 1975: 56) 1. “25. That they apply themselves to the Impaling of orchards and gardens for Roots and fruits, which that Country is so proper for and that every Planter be compelled for every 200 Acres Granted unto him to inclose and sufficiently Fence, either with Pales or Quick sett, and ditch, and so from time to time to preserve inclosed and Fenced a Quarter of an Acre of Ground in the most Convenient plac...
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1. Worlidge, John, 1669, Systema Agriculturae(1669: 85–86) 1. “Seeing that Fencing, and Enclosing of Land is most evident to be a piece of the highest Improvement of Lands, and that all our Plantationsof Woods, Fruits, and other Tillage, are thereby secured from external Injuries, which otherwise would lie open to the Cattel. . . And also subject to the lusts of vile persons. . . 1. “For which reason we are obliged to maintain a good Fence, if we expect an answerable success to our Labors.” 1...
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1. John or William Bartram, "A Draught of John Bartram’s House and Gardenas it appears from the River", 1758. 2. Anonymous, Platof 117 Broad Street, 1797. 3. Anonymous, Platof 117 Broad Street, 1797. 4. Charles Willson Peale, Sketches of Belfield[detail], 1810. 5. Charles Willson Peale, Sketches of Belfield, 1810. 6. Lewis Miller, “Jesse Hines. Black Smith, menden his pale fence,” 1813, in Lewis Miller, Sketches and Chronicles: The Reflections of a Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania German Folk...
Associated
1. Edward Savage, The East Front of Mount Vernon, c.1787—92. 2. Alexander Robertson (artist), Francis Jukes (engraver), “Mount Vernonin Virginia,” 1800. 3. George Ropes, Mount Vernon, 1806. 4. Charles Willson Peale, Ground plot of Belfield, 1810. 5. W. H. Bartlett, “Yale College. (Newhaven),” in Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Scenery, 2 vols. (1840), vol. 1, pl. 35. 6. Robert Brammer and Augustus Von Smith, Oakland House and Race Course, Louisville, 1840. 7. John Warner Barber, “Eastern Vi...
Attributed
1. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, “Greenspring, home of William Ludwell Lee, James City County, Virginia,” n.d. 2. Anonymous, Surveyor’s platof the courthouse and adjacent land in Charles County, MD, 1697. Fence is the zigzag line running vertically in center. 3. Anonymous, Fairhill, The Seat of Isaac Norris Esq., 18th century. 4. Anonymous, Overmantel painting from Morattico Hall, 1715. 5. Anonymous, Residence of John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, 1846 6. Anonymous, “Issac Norris: his house...
- Brush Fence. Did you know that the first American fences of record were built of brush? A thicket of small to medium-size trees was required. These were felled and then stacked.
- Stump Fence. Stump fences are often found near a woodlot because they are constructed from one. Once built, they are horse high, bull-strong, and pig-tight—as difficult to get through as living hedges.
- Snake Fence. A snake fence is also known as a split-rail zigzag fence or Virginia fence. They were built of split rails that were laid in a zig-zag fashion.
- Basket-Weave Fence. This style of fence is highly decorative. Measurements are especially important in erecting this fence. For DIY ers, proper materials would include 4-inch-square hardwood posts; smaller support posts half the diameter and of the same length; plus 10-foot-long, 6-inch-wide, 1/2-inch-thick boards of matching length (these are woven between the uprights).
Fencing refers to erecting barriers made from wood, metal, stone, or other materials to enclose an area. This practice dates back thousands of years across many ancient cultures. The origins of fencing stem from humanity’s desire to provide security, establish ownership, and define spaces.
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Jul 1, 2020 · WOOD A material that rarely survives from the earlier end of prehistory is wood. It could be argued that much of prehistory could be considered the “Wood Age” due to its common use in tools, shelters, walls and more permanent buildings. It is generally considered that timber would have always been readily available in prehistoric Europe. However, this is simply not the case. At times ...
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The evolution of fencing materials. The materials changed along the way: in the Bronze Age they used stone fences, a solid durable material; the Anglo-Saxons preferred worm fences, a zigzagging structure of rough wooden rails crossed at an angle, which did not require driving posts into the ground and was particularly labor and cost efficient.
