ol ith ic ▁Age . ▁Some ▁Corn ish ▁h ed ges ▁are ▁believed ▁by ▁the ▁Gu ild ▁of ▁Corn ish ▁Hed gers ▁to ▁date ▁from ▁ 5 0 0 0 ▁BC , ▁although ▁there ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁little ▁d ating ▁evidence . ▁In ▁County ▁May o , ▁Ireland , ▁an ▁entire ▁field ▁system ▁made ▁from ▁dry ▁stone ▁walls , ▁since ▁covered ▁in ▁pe at , ▁have ▁been ▁carbon - dated ▁to ▁ 3 8 0 0 ▁BC . ▁The ▁cy clo pe an ▁walls ▁of ▁the ▁ac ropol is ▁of ▁My c ena e , ▁Greece , ▁have ▁been ▁dated ▁to ▁ 1 3 5 0 ▁BC ▁and ▁those ▁of ▁Tir yn s ▁slightly ▁earlier . ▁In ▁Bel ize , ▁the ▁May an ▁ru ins ▁at ▁L uba ant un ▁illustrate ▁use ▁of ▁dry ▁stone ▁construction ▁in ▁architecture ▁of ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁and ▁ 9 th ▁centuries ▁AD . ▁ ▁Great ▁Z imb ab we ▁in ▁Z imb ab we , ▁Africa , ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁city ▁" ac ropol is " ▁complex , ▁constructed ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁centuries ▁AD . ▁ ▁Location ▁and ▁termin ology ▁▁▁ ▁Term in ology ▁var ies ▁region ally . ▁When ▁used ▁as ▁field ▁boundaries , ▁dry ▁stone ▁structures ▁often ▁are ▁known ▁as ▁dy kes , ▁particularly ▁in ▁Scotland . ▁ ▁D ry ▁stone ▁walls ▁are ▁characteristic ▁of ▁u pl and ▁areas ▁of ▁Britain ▁and ▁Ireland ▁where ▁rock ▁out cro ps ▁naturally ▁or ▁large ▁stones ▁exist ▁in ▁quantity