tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post8470443526477038317..comments2023-06-07T05:59:38.888-07:00Comments on Wayfarin' Stranger: Stone fencesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-90233946565485174642021-10-28T06:35:10.295-07:002021-10-28T06:35:10.295-07:00Yes… long side African enslaved Yes… long side African enslaved Toni Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945882056885404752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-72979097154014578202021-10-28T06:34:36.491-07:002021-10-28T06:34:36.491-07:00Black Slaves trained by whites built it AND MANY w...Black Slaves trained by whites built it AND MANY was not PAID…. Some were. <br />African Hands Built it Toni Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945882056885404752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-3853064888648347942021-10-14T13:58:44.893-07:002021-10-14T13:58:44.893-07:00Didn't the Shakers build many of these?Didn't the Shakers build many of these?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378161394853712148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-44908616166032166032021-10-12T15:37:41.273-07:002021-10-12T15:37:41.273-07:00Built by indentured irish masons.Built by indentured irish masons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07825625065254714744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-81114987423038479432018-10-29T05:13:51.337-07:002018-10-29T05:13:51.337-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245120640545515115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-19426404636703226752017-12-01T07:06:20.115-08:002017-12-01T07:06:20.115-08:00I'm from the Yorkshire Pennines, where I spent...I'm from the Yorkshire Pennines, where I spent 10 years building drystone walls - in sandstone in my area, limestone a bit further north. All we used were a string line and a walling hammer; not even a batter frame - the old wallers told us to 'git thy eye in'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831465022216445528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-44736230705983355422013-03-10T19:07:57.344-07:002013-03-10T19:07:57.344-07:00Well to be corrected these are not SLAVE walls. On...Well to be corrected these are not SLAVE walls. Only Scottish, Irish and English immigrants worked to build these walls. If a Black farm hand helped to work on any walls he would have been trained by one of the three above and paid for his time. To date no records show any slaves built these walls. A great book which really talks only about Blue Grass walls history, types of stone etc... the book is called "Rock Fences of the Bluegrass, by Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz. Carolyn Wooley started the Dry Stone Conservancy known as the DSC. Currently her Daughter now runs this non profit organization. I have spent a great deal of time testing and working on these walls at the in Shaker Village Harrodsburg KY. Yes your correct on the wall. Most all walls have a 34" base for the foundation set in earth, then the bottom of the wall starts at 26" wide then at 18" up the ties stones are set. Tie stones are typically one long stone which goes across the wall to tie both sides together. They also help with settling of the wall over time. The wall is a total of 36" height being 14" wide. Before having a vertical single or double cope stones on top of the wall adding another 9"-12". This techniques comes from UK where most walls built were to keep live stock in. Making the total wall 48" h. Most all walls having a 1:6 Batter = For every 6" h the wall comes in 1". More details about Dry Laid Stone Construction can be found on by Blog www.RockinWalls.com Mark J. Thank you for taking the time to share this topic. Keep on BlogginMark Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877935145281855858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279798286429813172.post-88608506441540372352011-06-01T23:52:36.189-07:002011-06-01T23:52:36.189-07:00Ah, so familiar to me - Yorkshire is full of them....Ah, so familiar to me - Yorkshire is full of them. Wherever they are they're beautiful.jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.com