Rocklow Road Dry Stone Wall

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NameRocklow Road Dry Stone WallTypeDry Stone WallGeolocation^[1] Last edited by: Will Chittick

AddressRocklow Road, DunmoreDescriptionThe large rural estates were fenced to denote the boundaries of the properties.

Dry stone walling in Australia emerged in the mid 1800's in areas where a proliferation of stone in the geological landscape necessitated clearing of the land.

Early settlers from Britain, Ireland and Europe brought their wall building skills with them and used locally available rock to build boundary fences, animal pens and retaining walls until 1880, when wire became cheaply available for farm fencing.

Several types of construction were used, but the most common was the A-frame, double skin wall, with large coping stones.

Stone wall fencing was common in the 19th

This Dry Stone Wall was principally used building the Cornish construction method and bounded 'Mayfield', the farm of the Creagan family, and later Graham family.

Dry Stone Wall, Rocklow Road, Dunmore, c.2003.

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

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Rocklow Road Dry Stone Wall