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Stone Pitching

In a remote bush area, between Isisford and Ilfracombe is a large area of stone pitching, constructed around 1892. Dry stone walls combined with flat stones stacked on their edge, side by side, created a small dam and an erosion-proof water course. Stones were probably transported long distances to the site and arranged by skilled workers, often Chinese, in these fascinating patterns.

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Uploaded on August 11, 2014
Taken on July 10, 2010