"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote
There *IS* a name for it, and IIRC it was used extensively by Iron Age
people.

thinks
What are those wire cages full of stones/rocks called?

Gabions?

Thasser one. But no, that's not what the wall is called. It's not a
palisade, either.

This is driving me mad !!

I've been googling this morning and found wattle fences which are somewhat
similar inasmuch as they use the same materials - just in a single fence as
opposed to a double one:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~tpg/Woodworking1.htm

The following site has some diagrams of barriers used in sand dunes - principle
is similar:
http://handbooks.btcv.org.uk/handboo...t/section/3941

Found a Romanian fence:
http://www.globalgayz.com/RomaniaGalleryC/IMG_1416.html

And totally irrelevant but interesting - from the Salic Law
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/medieval/salic.htm) :
Title XXXIV. Concerning the Stealing of Fences.
1. If any man shall have cut 3 staves by which a fence is bound or held
together, or have stolen or cut the heads of 3 stakes, he shall be sentenced to
600 denars, which make 15 shillings,

Jenny :~)