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| - | # Dry stone walling | + | This topic is part of [[gt: |
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| - | ## What is dry stone walling? | + | ===== What is dry stone walling? |
| It's the building of walls from natural stone with no adhesive (i.e. cement or mortar). Dry stone walling techniques go back many thousands of years – the Pyramids, for example, were built using a form of very precise dry stone walling. There are walls on the island of Menorca dating from 1500BCE (see pic below). | It's the building of walls from natural stone with no adhesive (i.e. cement or mortar). Dry stone walling techniques go back many thousands of years – the Pyramids, for example, were built using a form of very precise dry stone walling. There are walls on the island of Menorca dating from 1500BCE (see pic below). | ||
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| - | ## What are the benefits of dry stone walling? | + | ===== What are the benefits of dry stone walling? |
| - Durable: should last for over 100 years without needing much attention. | - Durable: should last for over 100 years without needing much attention. | ||
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| - | + | ===== What can I do? ===== | |
| - | ## What can I do? | + | |
| You can create livestock-proof boundaries on your land, and you can repair existing walls. You can also build dry stone features such as sculptures, arches, cairns and even sheds or bothies. You don’t need planning permission for dry stone structures. A [professional waller](http:// | You can create livestock-proof boundaries on your land, and you can repair existing walls. You can also build dry stone features such as sculptures, arches, cairns and even sheds or bothies. You don’t need planning permission for dry stone structures. A [professional waller](http:// | ||
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| - | There are lots more techniques involved in building dry stone walls, such as pinning and wedging to hold stones in place, bridged joins to ensure the wall’s strength, and trimming stones to shape and size. These skills are probably best obtained by doing rather than reading, and so attending a [course](/ | + | There are lots more techniques involved in building dry stone walls, such as pinning and wedging to hold stones in place, bridged joins to ensure the wall’s strength, and trimming stones to shape and size. These skills are probably best obtained by doing rather than reading, and so attending a course is probably a good idea. Other features can be incorporated into walls, such as stiles for people and holes for sheepdogs; and there are other styles of wall, such as single-skinned retaining walls, and Cornish and Welsh varieties that have turf or even hedges on top of the wall. |
| Grants are available to farmers to build or repair dry stone walls under the [Environmental Stewardship](http:// | Grants are available to farmers to build or repair dry stone walls under the [Environmental Stewardship](http:// | ||
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| - | ## Further resources | + | ===== Forum ===== |
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| - | ## Related topics | + | ===== Related topics |
| - [Keeping livestock](livs: | - [Keeping livestock](livs: | ||
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| - [Hurdles](hrdl: | - [Hurdles](hrdl: | ||
| - | ## Specialist curators of this topic | + | ===== Specialist curators of this topic ===== |