Dry Stone Walls

Dry stone walls are a characteristic feature of farming properties in Stonehaven, Victoria, Australia and an important landscape feature of the volcanic plains of the Western District. There are thousands of kilometres of dry stone walls in Victoria.
The walls are built from basalt rocks without using mortar or cement.
They were originally built to clear the paddocks of rocks, and as an economic form of fencing.
In some parts of the country the walls were built by highly skilled craftsmen and were a work of art. The dry stone walls at Rocklea are constructed of a double stack of large pitted volcanic rocks wedged together.