A fence in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania.

A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction: a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as passage (though the definitions overlap somewhat). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 157 KB) Photo of one of the largest farm fields in Westtown Township. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 157 KB) Photo of one of the largest farm fields in Westtown Township. ... Westtown Township is a township located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. ... “Transportation” redirects here. ... A brick wall A wall is a usually solid structure that defines and sometimes protects an area. ...

Fences are constructed for several purposes, including:

• Agricultural fencing, to keep livestock in or predators out
• Privacy fencing, to provide privacy
• Temporary fencing, to provide public safety and security on construction sites
• Security fencing, to prevent trespassing or theft and/or to keep children and pets from wandering away
• Decorative fencing, to enhance the appearance of a property, garden or other landscaping

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Types

Fence with barbed wire on top.

Split-rail fencing common in timber-rich areas.

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• Barbed wire fence
• Cactus fence
• Chain link fencing
• Dry-stone wall or rock fence, often agricultural
• Electric fence
• Ha-ha (or sunken fence)
• Hedgerows of intertwined, living shrubs (constructed by hedge laying)
• Palisade
• Pet fence Underground Fence for pet containment
• Picket fences, generally a waist-high, painted, partially decorative fence
• Pool fence
• Post-and-rail fencing
• Radden Wire
• Split-rail fences made of timber, often laid in a zig-zag pattern, particularly in newly-settled parts of the United States and Canada
• Snow fence
• Stake-and-wire fencing
• Turf mounds in semiarid grasslands such as the western United States or Russian steppes
• Temporary fencing
• Wire netting or wire gauze between posts
• Wood-panel fencing
• Wrought iron fencing, made from tube steel, also known as ornamental iron.

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A balustrade or railing is a kind of fence to prevent people from falling over the edge, for example, on a balcony, stairway (see railing system), roof, bridge, or elsewhere near a body of water, places where people stand or walk and the terrain goes steeply down, and so on. A balcony comprising a balustrade supported at either end by plinths. ... Spiral (double helix) stairway in the Vatican Museum Stairs, staircase, stairway, stairwell, and flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... Spiral (double helix) stairway in the Vatican Museum Stairs, staircase, stairway, stairwell, and flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ... A roof tiled in imitation of thatch at Croyde, north Devon, England Rooftops in Vietnam Snow on the roof The roof, the top covering of a building, is one of the universal structures found on all buildings. ... A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ...

Requirement of use

A typical urban fence.

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• facilities with open high-voltage equipment (transformer stations, mast radiators). Transformer stations are usually surrounded with barbed-wire fences. Around mast radiators, wooden fences are used to avoid the problem of eddy currents.
• railway lines (in the United Kingdom)
• plants with dangerous mobile parts (for example at merry go rounds on entertainment parks)
• explosive factories and quarry stores
• most industrial plants
• airfields
• military areas
• prisons
• zoos and wildlife parks
• open-air areas that charge an entry fee
• domestic swimming and spa pools (in New Zealand)

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Legal issues

Decorative palace fence (in St Petersburg)

Fences can be the source of bitter arguments between neighbours, and there are often special laws to deal with these problems. Common disagreements include what kind of fence is required, what kind of repairs are needed, and how to share the costs. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1297x889, 422 KB) Photographer: Walter Smith from Seattle, WA, USA Title: ironwork Taken on: 2004-04-23 05:51:26 Original source: Flickr. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1297x889, 422 KB) Photographer: Walter Smith from Seattle, WA, USA Title: ironwork Taken on: 2004-04-23 05:51:26 Original source: Flickr. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...

In some legislatures the standard height of a fence is limited, and to exceed it a special permit is required.

United Kingdom

Looking out of the back of the house, the fence on your left is usually the one that belongs to you. It is normal to put the "fence cladding" on your neighbours side, away from you. This gives your neighbour the neater view of the construction, but gives you access to the posts and rails when the inevitable maintenance is required. 5' fence panels used to be the standard, but higher fences give more privacy, especially in smaller gardens.

Eastern Europe Communist Countries

In Eastern Europe communist Countries, such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union, fences (starting the 1950s until late 1980s) were depreciated and removed, in a move against "private property".

Quotations

"Good fences make good neighbors." - Robert Frost (ironically, in the poem "Mending Wall"). Robert Frost (1941) Robert Frost(March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. ...

"A good neighbour is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it." - Arthur Baer 22:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)22:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)22:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)~Arthur Bugs Baer (9 January 1886 – 17 May 1969) was an American journalist and humorist. ...

"There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event it's a thing I need." - William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. ...

"Fear is the highest fence." - Dudley Nichols Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter who first came to prominence after winning and refusing the screenwriting Oscar for The Informer in 1936. ...

"What have they done to the earth?/ What have they done to our fair sister?/ Ravaged and plundered/ and ripped her/ and bit her/ stuck her with knives/ in the side of the dawn/ and tied her with fences/ and dragged her down." - Jim Morrison, of The Doors This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... This page is about the Rock band. ...

See also

• Separation wall
• United States–Mexico barrier
• Wire obstacle
• Temporary fencing

Separation Barriers or Separation Walls or Security Fences are constructed to prevent the movement of people across the barrier or to separate two populations. ... A fence barrier separating Nogales, Arizona, from Nogales, Sonora, near the main downtown border crossing Fence barrier on the international bridge near McAllen, TX (left side erected by US). ... In the military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

References

• Encyclopedia Britannica (1982). Vol IV, Fence.