material without the need for a gabion compartment lining material such as a geotextile liner however the gabion of the invention may be used together with a suitable lining material if necessary in the case of a closed panel connection edge apertures where needed will normally be machined or otherwise provided in or in the region of the panel edge referring in more detail to fig1 a there is shown a single box gabion 100 comprising side wall element panels 11 12 13 13 u2032 14 and 14 u2032 connected together to form an enclosed compartment 10 the neighbouring side wall element panels are interconnected through pivotal connections 15 fig1 b shows another single box gabion 100 with four side walls as shown in fig1 c the single box gabion 100 may further contain a top panel 16 that serves as lid for the gabion the side wall panels may be provided with texture ribbing or other irregularities in order to maintain effective strength of the panel whilst minimising its weight and or to provide decorative effect referring to fig2 a single box gabion 100 is shown filled with a gabion fill material 21 fill material 21 may be selected from any suitable available material as hereinbefore described rough earth and stones are shown as the fill.