Safest way to start a village

[Smoopadoop]

I'm flattening land for a village, and want to know how to start a village without it being sabotaged part-way through.
Lets start with the idol. Once I build it, what stop someone from coming in and smashing it?
So then I'll build a wall. But what if I can't build one just after making a village? Can I make one beforehand, and leave it for a while?
Then what if the wall is unsafe? Does it need to be P-claimed beforehand? That's a 101x101 (or bigger) claim, just to be replaced by a village claim!
Should I just prepare to build the idol and wall at the same time?

So,
1) How safe is a lone idol?
2) How safe is an unclaimed palisade?
3) Is making both at once the only way to do this?

Thank

[Procne]

I would start with a small pclaim, only to cover the idol. It takes only 8 hours to become active. Build small palisade around the idol area, and THEN plop the idol.
Once the idol becomes active you can build outer wall.

[yozzik111]

Just cover the idol with a filled personal claim, what else you expect?