Dear Emily,
this is not about a foundation wall, but it may still be relevant to your
colleague, so you may want to pass the following information on.
When I was at the University of Birmingham I supervised an undergraduate
dissertation concerning a late 18th cent/early 19th cent Ha-ha from Cronkill
House, Shropshire, England which was entirely made of cattle horncores
(thousands of them!).
This is the full reference:
Phillips, C. 2001. An analysis of a late 18th and early 19th century horncore
Ha-ha from Cronckill House, Shropshire, with an investigation into the sources
which may have provided them, together with a comparison between the
archaeological evidence and the historical record for the improvement of cattle
and the study of bone for building and how this fitted into the Picturesque
movement.BA Dissertation, University of Birmingham, UK.
I don't know if it's possible to get a copy from Birmingham but your colleague
may want to try. I do have a copy but only on paper not in an electronic
format.
PS: this is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines a ha-ha:
"A boundary to a garden, pleasure-ground, or park, of such a kind as not to
interrupt the view from within, and not to be seen till closely approached;
consisting of a trench, the inner side of which is perpendicular and faced with
stone, the outer sloping and turfed"
Cheers,
Umberto
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Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
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United Kingdom
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