Cornish hedge

Smaller interlocking rocks are used to build the hedge high until it reaches a level when random turns into neat rows of square stones called "edgers".

— Article in The West Briton[1]The hedge is slightly wider at bottom than at the top, because of the large "grounder" stones at the base.

[2] The archaeologist Francis Pryor observes: A visitor to Devon and Cornwall cannot fail to be impressed by the massive hedgebanks that so often confine the road into something approaching a ravine or tunnel.

Others were built during the Mediaeval field rationalisations; more originated in the tin and copper industrial boom of the 18th and 19th centuries, when heaths and uplands were enclosed.

[citation needed] Cornish hedges suffer from the effects of tree roots, burrowing rabbits, rain, wind, farm animals and people.

‘Kerdroya: The Cornish Hedge Community Heritage Project’ is being carried out in partnership by Golden Tree Productions and the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Country lane in St Newlyn East
Ancient field system of Cornish hedges near Zennor
Lane in St Dominic with high hedges