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Historic Stone Wall - VIC

Historic Stone Wall

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -37.90592 141.976613

DMS: 37º 54' 21.31" S 141º 58' 35.79" E

UTM: 54 H 5804174mN 585854mE

Altitude: 143.61m

Address & Contact

Byaduk Caves Rd
Byaduk North VIC 3300

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Information

Dry stone walls. Whenever you see stony rises on the younger lava flows. You will find these dry stone walls.
With plentiful materials at hand and labour cheap a wall made of stone was an obvious choice for past lists in the 19th century, the walls were built to contain stock, and also as a protection against fires and later in an attempt to control rabbit plagues.
Some walls also enclosed houses or were used as sheepyards. The remains of a small sheep fold lie on the southern side of this valley.
Construction of the walls was done by two men working together from opposite sides.
Dry stone means that no cement was used to hold the rocks together .

PlaceID	440512

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Hamilton at 02/11:30am EST

Distance from Historic Stone Wall 29.6km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
16.0°C	10.8°C	44%	3.8°C	1033.6hPa	0.0mm	N	20km/hr 11knots	32km/hr 17knots

Closest Climatic Station

Hamilton Airport

Distance from Historic Stone Wall 29.6km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	26.4	26.7	24.0	19.9	15.7	12.9	12.1	13.3	15.2	17.7	20.9	23.9
Mean Min. °C	10.9	11.2	10.2	8.3	6.5	4.9	4.3	4.8	5.8	6.5	8.1	9.4
Mean Rain mm	33.9	24.4	35.3	38.1	49.3	65.7	68.4	78.9	68.4	56.5	48.9	45.7