| Depending on the state or region in which you live, | | | | one of the biggest being in New England. If you were |
| there are different types of CT fencing used for | | | | to add up the length of all of the stone walls found in |
| various reasons. For example, if you live in Arizona, | | | | New England it would probably reach all the way to |
| mud based adobe like fencing structures are used | | | | the moon. One estimate was that it was about |
| more than wooden CT fences. In the Midwest simple | | | | 240,000 miles long. The height of most of these stone |
| classic white picket fencing is used quite a bit, and in | | | | walls is higher than the adult knee but lower than the |
| the southern states, like Kentucky where there are a | | | | hip typically reaching a height at about 2 feet so they |
| lot of horse farms, split rail white fences are the | | | | were not very high. It is quite rare to see a stone wall |
| favorite choice. Many of these are just based on what | | | | that is taller than this. Most of these walls were not |
| is preferred in that region or what holds up best in | | | | actually built to be a kind of fence which is interesting |
| different types of weather there as well. One kind of | | | | as that is what it appears to be. |
| fencing, however, has some significant history to it and | | | | Most stone walls are simply rocks that were placed |
| that is a stone wall that can be found all over New | | | | one on top of the other without anything holding it |
| England. | | | | together. It is thought that they were originally formed |
| Stone walls can be found on most properties in the | | | | by farmers that needed to clear the rocks from their |
| following New England states: Massachusetts, | | | | property so they could use the land for growing. They |
| Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and New | | | | would stack the rocks on the outskirts of their farm |
| York. A lot of these stone walls are tucked back and | | | | which eventually also acted as a property marker too. |
| hidden in wooded areas of different properties and | | | | Most of these walls were built in the early 1600's with |
| can not be seen by anyone. People that are interested | | | | the majority of them being built between the time of |
| in subjects like history, science and their actual | | | | the American Revolution and the Civil War. |
| property soon started to research these different | | | | The next time you are in New England take a look |
| stone walls that could be found in these states in the | | | | around the edge of a property and you will most likely |
| Northeast. Some of the facts about them are quite | | | | notice a low stone wall that probably has been there |
| interesting. | | | | for a very long time. It is a unique piece of the history |
| There are considered to be tens of thousands of | | | | of these states which no other type of fencing can |
| segments of stone walls throughout the world with | | | | claim. |