In Central Kentucky ... book “Rock Fences of the Bluegrass,” for help. Murray-Wooley is an architectural historian and later became executive director of the Bluegrass Trust for Historic ...

We did some historic wall ... s some 20 miles of rock fences on there.” The conservancy believes only five to ten percent of the stone fences remain in Central Kentucky from the 1800′s.

Stone fences became popular in Kentucky for a few reasons, including a ready supply of rock and the skill set of the people who settled in Central Kentucky in the 1700 and 1800s. Waddell, who has a ...