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| | dry stone walls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Dry stone walls are one of the oldest marks of human community - sacred stone circles, ruined fortifications, columns, cairns, fishtraps, ceremonials grounds, sites of domesticity, sites of conquest or sites of intergalactic visitation. |
 | | These walls can be read not only as a symbol of colonisation and a form of mimicry, but a sign of prosperity and hope, the 'prospect of founding a dynasty'. |
 | | The dry stone wall projects were conceived in response to the concerns of Victorian heritage and conservation groups about the deterioration of the walls and the prospect of their eventual disappearance in the face of urban expansion and new farming practices. |
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