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Countryside Commission for Scotland<br />
Battleby Redgorton Perth PH13EW<br />
Perth (0738)27921<br />
INFORMATION 4.10.14<br />
SHEET<br />
GALLOWAY HEDGE and other methods of heightening dykes<br />
Galloway hedge suitable<br />
for use across sloping<br />
ground. Thorn hush is<br />
planted in the dyke at<br />
time of construction<br />
and effectively increases , no batter to this face<br />
dyke height,particularly<br />
on the uphill side.<br />
single wire fence with posts'<br />
at 5.00m centres deters more<br />
active sheep breeds from<br />
climbing the dyke.<br />
posts secured to dykes<br />
with doubled fencing wire<br />
passing round posts through<br />
wall and strained to battens<br />
Method of increasing 1.5m dyke to make deer proof.<br />
©CCS<br />
original profile of slope<br />
soil excavated from here is<br />
transferred uphill for use as<br />
backfill on uphill side of<br />
completed dyke.<br />
2.1m treated thinnings<br />
at 5.00m centres
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