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As I was clearing in preparation for the fence, I realised that the ground where I wanted to put it was quite a bit more above the edge of the concrete culvert than I thought and thanks to years of neglect, ivy roots, and fix digging, very loose. If I tried to put posts in, they'd just topple into the brook. So I need to think about some kind of retaining wall to essentially extend the height of the concrete culvert.
I was thinking, dig down to the top of the concrete then set reinforced concrete posts down my side of the concrete and then 2' in height of reinforced gravel boards. Back fill, level then my wooden fence a few feet inboard of that.
You can just see the top of the concrete culvert in this photo taken from the park, across the brook. The difference in height looks quite exaggerated.
Some of the shit I cleared included no less than 3 previous fences that had collapsed and we're hanging over the brook. Ivy had grown through that and the foxes diggings were all piled on top of it too.
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