New Market Battlefield
New split-rail fencing is being constructed at the battlefield. Here we see a stack of rails and a fence behind them. The Shenandoah Battlefields Foundation has volunteers helping with this project.
In the second photo, an old fence is in the foreground with a new fence under construction behind it. Rows of additional rails will be stacked to make it taller. Basically you start at one end, and lay a zig-zag row of rails and then go back and lay the second course. If you want it to last, the ends of the bottom rails rest on stones.
This battlefield was the site of a Civil War battle in May, 1864.
...we have been building fences throughout history.
ReplyDeleteA forlorn scene
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThe split rail fences must be used on all the battlefields. I have seen them in various places. Take care, have a great day and happy weekend.
Split rail fencing has a unique charm. We do like to enclose things, don’t we?
ReplyDeleteI love split rail fences. And am now educated as to how they are laid.
ReplyDeleteThere is just something about those fences that day "country".
ReplyDeleteI love those kind of fences. You see a lot of them in the mountain west.
ReplyDeleteI've seen these at a lot of battlefields. When we visited Appomattox Court House National Historic Park years ago, one of the rangers explained some differences in how these fences were located on a person's land, depending on the county. It was interesting. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI like that style of fence. Simple and effective.
ReplyDeleteGood one.
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat historical project for those volunteers to help with!
ReplyDeleteIt's. been quite a while since I visited the New Market Battlefield.
ReplyDeleteSo that's how it's done.
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