Registered: December 2007 Location: Liverpool for my sins Posts: 1,412
Wed 4, June 2008 11:22am
I did a day of dry stone walling years ago whilst at an outward bound centre nr Ullswater. Definitely a skilled job finding the right stone to fit your gap. Aren't there different styles of dry stone walls around the UK?
paul m Really Wild Member
Registered: November 2006 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 2,196
Wed 4, June 2008 2:16pm
I uploaded this picture for some reason ... which I've now forgotten. Ho hum ...
Yes, it's quite variable even within Derbyshire and Yorkshire. To an extend depends upon the nature of the rock - this used a sandstone which seems to split easily into quite narrow blocks whereas our Yorkshire ones made of millstone grit come in various sizes.
The Chesterfield ones look neater but they're not too difficult to knock over and the top layer seems especially weak. Our ones are basically big lumps of millstone with any gaps filled by smaller pieces.
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