The Somerset village of Stawell

Stawell is recorded in the Domesday Book. The name is thought to come from the Saxon words for 'Stoney Stream' or well and may allude to the pond at Ford Farm. Objects which lie in this water become encrusted with lime and the conditions are perfect for the creation of 'Tufa' a type of limestone which forms in close proximity to bodies of water with a high content of dissolved minerals. Tufa, a very light rock was used to make the vaults of Wells Cathedral. Mill Barn used to be part of Ford Farm and generated electricity to power the mill from that very stream and it too has some walls made from Tufa.



Friday, 16 September 2011

Our first task

This was a nice little fencing job, but with 170ms to complete we were very glad of the use of the farmer's kit, otherwise I think we might still have been there...

Bit by bit we made progress



And after several weekends, it did look smart, but we were very glad to put the last post in the ground. It was good to deliniate our boundary in what is a very open landscape and we are now looking forward to getting the hedge planted alongside.

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