Cornish Hedge - Construction

Construction

A Cornish hedge has two sides which are built by placing huge stone blocks into the earth and packing them in with sub-soil. 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".

Two inches of grass are sliced from the ground and stuck on top of the structure with sticks.

—Article in The West Briton

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