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help with terminology??

angeldaisy · 2009-03-27 16:59:11

don't know if anyone can help me, I'm trying to find the name for invisible boundary around a peice of land. it used to be common years ago, mainly in stately homes, or parkland. it looks at one side like a continuation of land but from the other side it is either seen as a wall or as a dip in the land. it's used as sort…

27-03-2009 4:59pm

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angeldaisy

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don't know if anyone can help me, I'm trying to find the name for invisible boundary around a peice of land. it used to be common years ago, mainly in stately homes, or parkland. it looks at one side like a continuation of land but from the other side it is either seen as a wall or as a dip in the land. it's used as sort of an illusion of never ending land...
Don't know how else to describe it?
hope someone can help, its driving me mad

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#2 27-03-2009 5:51pm

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Is it a dry moat?

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#3 27-03-2009 7:20pm

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ha ha

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#4 27-03-2009 7:35pm

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Are you thinking of a ha-ha?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha-ha_(garden)

Edit: greenfingers, just wanted to elaborate a little in case you just looked like a smartarse.

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#5 29-03-2009 11:21am

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thank you so much for that. I knew it was a silly name but couldn't spit it out.

cheers!!!:)

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#6 29-03-2009 1:19pm

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Did you try spraying? Ha Ha!!:D

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