Wednesday 5 October 2011

Coppice Boundary - How stock proof is the coppice?

Below is a summary of the current condition of the boundary around the coppice. We need to make the woodland stock proof to ensure no unwanted grazers get in and wreck it. Below is a summary of the boundaries starting at the northern boundary:
  • Northern boundary - This is the southern boundary of Top Orchard which is a laid hedge that is currently stock proof: sheep and horse are often in the orchard and have not escaped yet!
  • Eastern boundary - This is split in to two stretches:
  1. Northern stretch - This runs the length of Coup B and is part of the 'Great Wall' which needs no work to make it stock proof.
  2. The Southern Stretch divides Coup D from the Industrial area and is current partly a very dilapidated dry stone wall and partly unfenced. Below is a rough sketch of what is what:




















We will need to rebuild the wall and decide to either extend this wall to fill the gaps or plant a hedgerow instead. I think a wall would be best as there is a lot of tree cover and a hedge might not do well. As there are no immediate plans to graze animals in the Industrial area or the new orchard this not an urgent job. Also the north end will need a small person sized gate for the path that runs down form the Charcoal camp to the industrial area.

The Western boundary - This consists of the boundary with Square field and triangle field. I need to survey this stretch as it is a mix of dry stone wall, hedge and post and rail fence. To improve access to the Charcoal camp a field gate (i.e. one big enough to allow a LandRover/horse and cart through) will be installed in bottom south-east corner of Triangle field.

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