quickthorn

The pasture was marked at its boundary by a strong Quickthorn fence.

Thorn, quickthorn or common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

The May in question is not necessarily the month, but the quickthorn used as a hedge plant until mechanised farming grubbed up these old corridors of natural life.

Set in its own garden surrounded by a quickthorn hedge, it shared the larger precincts of the Meeting House and stood in the centre of the compound.

Hawthorn (Or May): This is a Goddess tree of protection, for quickthorn was often used for hedges and also its flowering marked the beginning of summer.

Our advice is that, where hedgerows are to be replaced, they should not be substituted just with a row of quickthorn between two strands of barbed wire, but with a mixed, proper, traditional hedge - which would be much better for the environment and habitat.