Ugly - probably but they are rather clever in my opinion. They are modular and can be deployed by one bod nearly anywhere. I have no idea what windbreaks and

Ugly - probably but they are rather clever in my opinion. They are modular and can be deployed by one bod nearly anywhere. I have no idea what windbreaks and faux wotsits are let alone "decorative" means. I'm a bodger/Engineer. If you need to stop a vast amount of stuff moving from A to B then gabions are a very decent solution with the added bonus that you don't need to be an Engineer. Civilians will generally get it right first time just by looking at the problem.