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	Dry-stone wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The wall is held up by a special construction method and by its own weight, and the stones must be carefully selected by shape to ensure that they have a large contact surface area with their neighbours and so do not slip.
		Such constructions are common where large stones are plentiful (for example, in The Burren) or conditions are too harsh for hedges capable of retaining livestock to be grown as reliable field boundaries.
		A double wall dyke may be constructed by placing two rows of stones along the boundary to be walled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dry-stone_wall (800 words)

	Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stone may be used as a building material, as in this dry stone wall
		A stone is a unit of weight equal to fourteen pounds.
		As a verb, the intoxicating effects of cannabis, as in to be stoned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stone (268 words)

	Building A Dry Stone Wall
		Dry stone walls are not only beautiful, they are also very durable.
		Stone walls have a charm that is hard to equal and compliment most garden types.
		As stone walls demand a lot of repetitive lifting during construction, a back-support belt and a sturdy pair of gloves are "should haves".
	coateshomecentre.com.au /tips_tricks/tip_building_a_dry_stone_wall.htm (409 words)

	Dry Stone Wall at the Ruskin Museum Coniston, Cumbria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dry Stone Wall at the Ruskin Museum Coniston, Cumbria
		When the wall reached the required height it was finished off with a final course of thinner slab-like stones on top of which the CAMS or COPING STONES were placed.
		This "show" wall here at the Museum was built from riven or dressed slate seen on the right of the gateway and beck cobbles seen to the left of the gateway.
	www.ruskinmuseum.com /stone_wall.htm (546 words)

	Dry-stone wall -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Such walls are used both in building construction and as (A piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed) field boundaries.
		Such constructions are common where large stones are plentiful (for example, in (Click link for more info and facts about The Burren) The Burren) or conditions are too harsh for hedges capable of retaining (Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit) livestock to be grown as reliable field boundaries.
		Most dykes are constructed from stones and (A large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin) boulders cleared from the fields during preparation for agriculture.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/dr/dry-stone_wall.htm (617 words)

	Dry Stone Walling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But I live in the southwest, where we have dry stone boundaries on all 3 major moors and quite a few other places, and I've never heard the word "dyke" used of them, though it's available in the sense that it exists within local placenames - but I think always referring to an earthwork.
		The wall was built by one mason, Vincent Di Benedeto, in 1948.
		The wall was moved from its original location in Washington, DC to Gaithersburg, Maryland in May 1977.
	www.blownspeakers.com /pages3/27/dry-stone-walling.html (771 words)

	Yorkshire Dry Stone Walls, Dry Stone Wall Construction, Courses andTeam Building Events in Yorkshire
		Dry stone walls are a haven for wildlife and offer shelter to farm animals.
		Dry stone walls that separate farms from common land are called 'march walls'.
		All dry stone walls are made from naturally stone, quarryed locally or using recovered stone recovered from redundant dry stone walls.
	www.yorkshiredsw.com (168 words)

	Dry Stone Wall - Pictures
		A wall built with vertical coping stones and limestone found on a farm near Beaverton.
		This wall near Cobourg Ontario was built recently by a very good dry stone waller from Prince Edward County.
		All the stone was gathered, over a three month period from farmer's fields between trips from Markham and Beaverton and brought back by pick-up truck to the site.
	www.jboyweb.com /drystonewall/pics.html (192 words)

	Boston.com / Your Life / House & Home / Wall art
		O'Hara and other masons say these walls are in high demand as the popularity of "hardscapes" -- the presence of stone in landscape designs -- has risen in high-end residential neighborhoods around Boston in the past 20 years.
		He pointed out a dry fieldstone wall in the woods behind the house, which he estimated was built hundreds of years ago by residents who farmed this land before it went fallow and sprouted into a small forest.
		The steel-blue stones were covered in moss and lichen, and looked more like a long pile of rubble than a wall.
	www.boston.com /yourlife/home/articles/2004/08/05/wall_art (591 words)

	Building a dry stone wall for garden or backyard
		The rustic wall is made of large stones with smaller stones used as filler.
		To make the wall more stable the end and front of the wall is sloped toward the center about 1 inch per ft. of height.
		Unless you are experienced with laying stone walls, it is suggested to limit your project to 3 ft. The base of the wall should be 2/3rds of the wall height.
	riri.essortment.com /drystonewall_obx.htm (642 words)

	Scottish Borders : Scotland Creative Dry Stone Walling (Waller)
		If you require a dry stone dyke (wall) or larger drystone project in the Scottish Borders, Midlothian, Edinburgh or East Lothian then please call Neil Moffat on 01896 848845 or his mobile on 07867 934 222.
		The stones gathered from the fields were built into dry stone walls to form majestic field boundaries.
		Stone walls and stone features are a rural art form seen throughout Scotland and Northern England.
	www.dry-stone-wall.co.uk (417 words)

	How to build a garden wall
		The trick with a dry stone wall is to get it as stable as a conventionally built one, but without the cementing usually used.
		To accommodate this, many stone walls are built with a taper, having a wide base of heavy, flat stones that gradually decrease in width as the wall gets higher.
		It is unadvisable to build a dry stone wall any higher than 1 meter(3 foot, 3 inches) in height.
	www.nm.essortment.com /wallgardenhow_rwst.htm (477 words)

	Building a Dry Stone Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stone is purchased by the ton, and each type of stone will provide a different running length of wall per ton.
		Field stone is round-ish "bowling-ball" stones b) "Stacking" stone is irregularly shaped but relatively flat c) Dressed stone is carefully cut to be uniform and completely flat You'll choose the particular variety and shape based on the look you want, and the price.
		Use larger stones for a corner, since this is an "end" in two directions, and alternate which direction of the wall contains the end-most stone as you stack courses.
	doityourself.com /brick/buildingstonewall-e2gar0166.htm (1529 words)

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		Ruined dry stone walls have a length of 0.2 km/km2 (3,228 km) in NI and occur largely in the uplands 0.5 km/km2 (2,140 km).
		The Mourne AONB (1.1 km/km2) and the Antrim Coast and Glens AONB (1.0 km/km2) have a greater density.
		Ruined dry stone walls have decreased significantly in length by 11% (-400 km) in NI, notably in the Antrim Coast and Glens AONB (-25%, -268 km).
	www.science.ulst.ac.uk /nics/BOUN/brsw.htm (156 words)

	Lowe's
		Stone walls also offer a charm that no other material can equal, and are especially beautiful as part of flowerbeds and perennial gardens.
		Field stone is roundish"bowling-ball" stones b) "Stacking" stone is irregularly shaped but relatively flat c) Dressed stone is carefully cut to be uniform and completely flat You'll choose the particular variety and shape based on the look you want, and the price.
		Hold aside a selection of larger stones to use as the top course, or "cap stone" of the wall.
	www.easy2.com /easy2_lowes/tutorials/gar0166.asp (1097 words)

	Dry Stone Wall Project - Home Improvement - irritatedVowel.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The highest point of the wall is in the 90 degree inside corner in the left third of the photo.
		Here is a nice photo of the wall from April 2003, right after Melissa used the leaf blower to clean off the driveway of all the tree pollen and other debris.
		The stones have weathered a pretty severe winter quite well, and any that did fall (due to overly aggressive shoveling or plowing, heh) were very easy to reseat due to the complete lack of any mortar.
	www.irritatedvowel.com /HomeImprovement/StoneWall.aspx (629 words)

	dry stone walls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dry stone walls are one of the oldest marks of human community - sacred stone circles, ruined fortifications, columns, cairns, fishtraps, ceremonials grounds, sites of domesticity, sites of conquest or sites of intergalactic visitation.
		These walls can be read not only as a symbol of colonisation and a form of mimicry, but a sign of prosperity and hope, the 'prospect of founding a dynasty'.
		The dry stone wall projects were conceived in response to the concerns of Victorian heritage and conservation groups about the deterioration of the walls and the prospect of their eventual disappearance in the face of urban expansion and new farming practices.
	wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au /su/html/dry_stone_walls.html (2400 words)

	Dry Stone Wall - Articles
		Rimmington started the Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada (http://www.dswac.ca) because he passionately believes that most people are capable of building their own walls, and do not need to pay a professional to do it.
		Building a dry stone wall is a process, an event, Rimmington says, an opportunity to think with the hands and meditate.
		The cheapest stone according to Rimmington is riprap, or gabion stone, the kind enclosed in wire and used for retaining walls.
	www.jboyweb.com /drystonewall/articles.php?id=3 (645 words)

	TDAN Austin - Dry Stone Wall
		This is a look at the technical and development challenges in architecture using the analogy of a dry stone wall rather than a building or city.
		I choose a dry stone wall analogy because many older systems seem reminiscent of the dry stone walls that cover the countryside.
		If you want to build the wall higher or longer or add a gateway you need to understand your starting point, what materials you can use, what type of person you need to help with the work and most importantly how long it will take and how much it cost.
	www.tdan.com /i025hy02.htm (1177 words)

	Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada
		The DSWAC is pleased to announce that we held a special weekend course this January 2005 covering many aspects of dry stone walling and stone masonry techniques.
		We will work with anyone who is honestly looking to learn more about promoting the simple art of dry stone walling and is genuinely committed to building the real thing.
		The organization would be engaged in many aspects of dry stone walling, such as offering courses, supplying reference material and contacts and facilitating those interested in building or repairing walls in their area.
	www.jboyweb.com /drystonewall (709 words)

	:: The Dry Stone Wall Association of Australia ::
		The Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia was formed at a public meeting held in Ballarat in Victoria on July 27th 2002.
		The Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia's aims to acknowledge, promote and celebrate the historical and contemporary contribution of the construction of dry stone walls in the shaping of Australia's physical and cultural landscape.
		promote good management of stone walls and in particular encourage their continuing use by addressing the concerns, issues and needs of farmers and property owners.
	www.astoneuponastone.com /quest.html (439 words)

	Dry stone wall
		We are a family dry stone walling business based in Cumbria.
		We undertake work in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and the North Pennine regions and are therefore used to varied types of stone and regional differences in construction methods, such as smout holes, culverts and stiles.
		Although dry stone walling is the major focus of our business we undertake other kinds of stonework including small building projects.
	www.drystonewall.biz (168 words)

	DRY STONE WALL LANDSCAPES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As a Landscape Architect and Dry Stone Waller, Jon Bush is able to combine the art of the designer and the skill of the craftsman, offering a specialist design and build service where dry stone walls are a major element of the landscape.
		Jon studied landscape architecture, gaining an honours degree and post graduate diploma prior to professional qualification and membership of the Landscape Institute in 1990, since when he has worked as a landscape architect in the public and private sectors.
		Following a course in dry stone walling Jon carried out repairs to dry stone walls for hill farmers and completed his first dry stone wall near Masham in 2001, since when he has completed many commissions for walls to private gardens.
	www.drystonewalls.biz (136 words)

	Painting Dry Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Allows you to find "painting dry wall" and all the related information you need to decorate your new dream house or remodel the one you already have.
		Browse these "painting dry wall" resource and painting techniques to find inspiration for some beautiful and creative home interiors.
		Dry Wall, Visit bulldoginterior today to search for the best places for Dry Wall, These are the Best Places to Find Dry Wall!.
	www.101interiorpaintingideas.com /wall-painting/painting-dry-wall.html (472 words)

	Rebuilding of Dry Stone Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The stone gateway on Brickbridge Road at the start of the footpath that ascends to the rear of All Saints' Church yard is probably at least 200 years old and has long been a local landmark.
		The wall next to the gateway had been showing signs of erosion and decay for some time and there was a risk developing that the column supporting the gate and lintel would crumble, leaving a major rebuilding task that would probably never be completed.
		They were able to finish rebuilding the wall and grouted the rocks into place in the hope of discouraging the vandals from undoing MAVIS's efforts.
	www.marple-uk.com /heritage/drystone.htm (400 words)

	TrekEarth \| Dry stone wall Photo
		Dry stone walls blend so well with the landscape, that they enhance it rather than disturb it's harmony
		Kind of daring to have the stone wall taking up (obscuring even?) more than half of your frame, but it works for me. Kind of a sneaky viewpoint, increasing the interest to look at what is behind.
		The wall of damp stones makes an exellent composition with the view on green valley.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/photo32427.htm (183 words)

	DiLiegro Stoneworks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is not only produced by mother nature, it is installed the way it was thousands of years ago―by hand, stone by stone.
		Unlike wood, vinyl, and other exterior claddings, stone is a work of art and is meant to be admired.
		Whether it is a dry stack stone wall, veneer of any type, or custom stone fireplace call DiLiegro Stoneworks for a professional job.
	www.welaystone.com (112 words)

	Dry Stone Wall - photo - Walking Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		An example of the art of dry stone walling.
		On the approach to Grassington there is a complex arrangement of walls all built without mortar.
		From the professional wall-builder's point of view, says BK Jones, Chaiman Cumbria Branch DSWA, "this wall is far from perfect with numerous running joints and poor coursing".
	www.walkingbritain.co.uk /walks/walks1/w145f.shtml (60 words)

	Stone Wall
		October 2003: Michelle and I build a dry stack stone wall in our back yard.
		Since this is a dry stack wall solid foundation isn't needed.
		Upper left wall was my "practice run." Not quite a level as I wanted.
	www.mark.umd.edu /~clay/stonewall (152 words)

	STONEWALL Division of Frazier Quarry :: Producing the Valley's Own Bluestone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bluestone was the traditional building material of the Valley for over 200 years but became too costly to produce.
		Be it an elegant stone entrance or a hearth and chimney, enjoy the solid, satisfying permanence of stone.
		Bluestone is found in most of the Valley’s historic structures.
	www.StonewallGrey.com (81 words)

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