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Mt. Derrimut dry stone walls

Location 475 Mt Derrimut Road; Middle Road, DERRIMUT VIC 3030 - Property No 30 File Number 1987 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/5] 1987 - Brimbank City Council [2/5] HO017 Derrimut Wall 1.JPG [3/5] HO017 Derrimut Wall 2.JPG [4/5] HO017 Derrimut Wall 3.JPG [5/5] Site 030 - Mt Derrimut dry

Statement of Significance

The Mt. Derrimut stone wall is of regional significance as the most substantial dry stone farm wall either in the metropolitan area, or on the Keilor-Melton basalt plains. Although repaired in part, it is an original link with the first phase of settlement of the basalt plains reflecting both the nature of the terrain encountered by the pastoralist s who had to clear the fields of rock, and the ways they dealt with the shortage of timber. The walls also reflect the (probably) Irish skilled labourers who built them in the middle of the last century.