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Stone Wall Grid

One thing that stood out to me in our recent trip to the peak district was the stone walls, literally miles upon miles of handbuilt stone walls seperating the grided network of ancient farm perimeters. I seem to remember once hearing that the stones used are called chips and potatoes, the large stones being the potatoes and the small the chips. Not sure if this is 'actually' correct, just a vague childhood memory, which I proudly annouced as a definate fact. I think the dogs believed me at least...

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Uploaded on February 16, 2015
Taken on February 7, 2015