Unlike quite a lot of the other Counties, Shropshire has very few dry stone walls. The Curney is slightly unique therefore in having a wall around part of  two sides of the farm. One section of wall is to the west of the Sycamore wood, and the other on the southern boundary. The condition of the wall by the wood wasn't too bad, but the one on the southern boundary was in very poor condition - collapsed in several locations and badly overgrown. Because of the fact that we're in an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty", and the rarity of stone walls in this part, we managed to secure a small DEFRA grant to fund most of the repairs - thanks taxpayers! We were also fortunate in finding a local who'd been repairing stone walls all his life and somehow managed to restore the wall.

We're still not sure why the walls were built in the first place, particularly the bottom section which must have required excavation of the banking - a major feat of work for no apparent reason.