Westmorland Dales, Lake District Our number one pick is the dry stone walls in the Lake District. Nestled in the bucolic scenery of the Lake District, a patchwork of dry stone fences cut through the local land. Many of the cottages and villages trace their history to medieval Britain, and so most of the old medieval farms have been mapped out. This enables a unique comparison between the pre and post-enclosure farming practices, both of which fundamentally shaped the nature of the society around it.