I have no idea about the fence Bruce but the sheep or cattle that are likely to have been in the field generally quite like rubbing up against the walls. The fence is old but it can't be older than the wall which seems to have been repaired, in history, with differeent methods and varying levels of success - parts of it look very unsafe. Perhaps the fence was put up at one time to protect the field's inhabitants from the danger of knocking the wall over!
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