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The annual agricultural show will be held at the Royal Cornwall Events Centre in Wadebridge between 5 and 7 June. More than ...
Each one bears an inscription for the supporter who sponsored it in a call for 'hedge pledges' at the start of the project. The labyrinth showcases 12 regional styles of Cornish hedging with ...
They’re known as Cornish hedges – not, according to a local booklet, to be referred to as hedgerows or walls – but to my eye, they resemble a kind of drystone wall sandwich, two layers of ...
The Cornwall Wildlife Trust recently reported that between 1995 and 2005 Cornwall lost almost 100 miles of iconic Cornish hedges. Cheryl Marriott from The Cornwall Wildlife Trust recently said ...
People are being trained at a centre in west Penwith, an area where Cornish hedges date back 4,000 years An organisation has set out to "bring the ancient craft of Cornish hedging back from the ...
A multi-million pound upgrade to the A30 in Cornwall has taken an "environmental" turn as contractors build animal crossings and Cornish hedges. Those behind the work said it was being designed ...
Some say a ‘Cornish hedge’ is a free-standing bank of soil whose sides are reinforced with rocks. Others say it’s a double-layered stone wall whose cavity and fissures are filled with earth. The ...
The way the Cornish hedges are made mean they do not have legal protection as hedgerows and could be under threat from developers (Picture: SWNS) Hedges dating back 4,000 years that are an iconic ...
Many Cornish hedges are thousands of years old, preserving field patterns and providing wildlife habitats Specialist hedge-makers in Cornwall are being asked to help determine whether the ancient ...
Cornish hedges are traditionally about 5ft (1.52m) high, stone-faced earth hedgebanks with bushes or trees growing along the top. They are also a haven for wildlife including nesting birds and ...