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From: "Hugh Fraser" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] ha-ha wall
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:01:26 +0100
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Tylney Hall England.

Air Raid Shelter and Ha Ha Wall
At the bottom of the Vista, the Ha Ha Wall marks one of the boundaries of
our estate. The Ha Ha Wall was built to create the impression from the main
house of a continuous strip of land beyond the boundary; a wall was
constructed and turf laid over the top. The Air Raid Shelter was added to
the back of the wall during the Second World War.

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From: "Chas & Ruth Houston" <>
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Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] ha-ha wall


> To me a 'Ha Ha wall' was one hidden in a ditch so that the 'BIG HOUSE'
> owner looking out could not see it and so he would have an unbroken view
to
> his fields beyond, but when a visitor suddenly came across it unexpectedly
> he would " Ha Ha ".
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