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	Dry-stone wall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A dry-stone wall, dry-stone dyke or dry-stone hedge is a wall that is constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together.
		The term "wall" will be used here for a dry-stone structure that is part of a building, or part of a dyke.
		Detail of a dry stone wall in the Yorkshire Dales.
	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
		As a verb, the intoxicating effects of cannabis, as in to be stoned.
		A stone is a unit of weight equal to fourteen pounds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stone (268 words)

	Dry Stone Wall at the Ruskin Museum Coniston, Cumbria
		Dry Stone Wall at the Ruskin Museum Coniston, Cumbria
		Dry Stone Walls are built without mortar or cement.
		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.
	www.ruskinmuseum.com /stone_wall.htm (546 words)

	Dry Stone Wall - Pictures
		This wall near Cobourg Ontario was built recently by a very good dry stone waller from Prince Edward County.
		A good example of how well hedges and dry stone walls go together.
		A wall built with vertical coping stones and limestone found on a farm near Beaverton.
	www.jboyweb.com /drystonewall/pics.html (192 words)

	Building a dry stone wall for garden or backyard
		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.
		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.
	riri.essortment.com /drystonewall_obx.htm (642 words)

	Boston.com / Your Life / House & Home / Wall art
		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.
		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.
		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)

	Scottish Borders : Scotland Creative Dry Stone Walling (Waller)
		The stones gathered from the fields were built into dry stone walls to form majestic field boundaries.
		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.
		Dry stone dykes (walls) goes back many hundreds of years.
	www.dry-stone-wall.co.uk (417 words)

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		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).
		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).
		Loss of Ruined dry stone walls was mainly by removal.
	www.science.ulst.ac.uk /nics/BOUN/brsw.htm (156 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 Project - Home Improvement - irritatedVowel.com
		We decided that we wanted a wall that looked more natural than many of the newer walls, so we shied away from the squared-off stone and the fabricated bricks.
		Here's the load of wallstone that it took to complete this wall
		Here the second course of stones has been laid, and the area behind them backfilled with the 1/2" blue-stone gravel The gravel helps seat the wall stones, but more importantly, provides a barrier against erosion and water damage.
	www.irritatedvowel.com /HomeImprovement/StoneWall.aspx (629 words)

	:: The Dry Stone Wall Association of Australia ::
		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.
		The Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia was formed at a public meeting held in Ballarat in Victoria on July 27th 2002.
		foster and assist the identification, recording and classifying of Australia's dry stone walls that are socially, culturally, architecturally or agriculturally important.
	www.astoneuponastone.com /quest.html (439 words)

	DRY WALL - Definition
		[n] a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/dry+wall (11 words)

	TDAN Austin - Dry Stone Wall
		I choose a dry stone wall analogy because many older systems seem reminiscent of the dry stone walls that cover the countryside.
		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.
		It is difficult to change one module just as it is difficult to change one stone in the middle of a wall.
	www.tdan.com /i025hy02.htm (1177 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.
		A dry stone wall is simply a freestanding wall without mortar— well built, it can last more than 100 years.
	www.jboyweb.com /drystonewall/articles.php?id=3 (645 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.
		Stone is purchased by the ton, and each type of stone will provide a different running length of wall per ton.
		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.
	www.easy2.com /easy2_lowes/tutorials/gar0166.asp (1097 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.
		It is unadvisable to build a dry stone wall any higher than 1 meter(3 foot, 3 inches) in height.
		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.
	www.nm.essortment.com /wallgardenhow_rwst.htm (477 words)

	dry stone walls
		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.
		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.
		'The stone wall of the United Kingdom and Ireland is an ancient and time-honoured way of signifying ownership and control of the countryside.
	wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au /su/html/dry_stone_walls.html (2400 words)

	DRY STONE WALL LANDSCAPES
		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.
		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.
		North Yorkshire - Landscape Architect - BA(Hons) DipLA MLI - Dry Stone Waller
	www.drystonewalls.biz (136 words)

	Dry Stone Wall Association of Canada
		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.
		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.
	www.jboyweb.com /drystonewall (709 words)

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

	Rebuilding of Dry Stone Wall
		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.
		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.
		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)

	STONEWALL Division of Frazier Quarry :: Producing the Valley's Own Bluestone
		Be it an elegant stone entrance or a hearth and chimney, enjoy the solid, satisfying permanence of stone.
		Bluestone was the traditional building material of the Valley for over 200 years but became too costly to produce.
		Bluestone is found in most of the Valley’s historic structures.
	www.StonewallGrey.com (81 words)

	Painting Dry Wall
		Dry Wall, Visit bulldoginterior today to search for the best places for Dry Wall, These are the Best Places to Find Dry Wall!.
		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.
	www.101interiorpaintingideas.com /wall-painting/painting-dry-wall.html (472 words)

	Dry stone wall
		Although dry stone walling is the major focus of our business we undertake other kinds of stonework including small building projects.
		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.
	www.drystonewall.biz (168 words)

	Dry Stone Wall - Architectural Stone Supplies - Yorkstone Dry stone Wall Walling Stone (Code: 7081)
		Our Yorkstone Walling range is ideal for dry stone wall walling and has all the components you need to easily construct dry stone walls, plinths, steps, raised pools, planters and other changes of level around the garden.
		We can supply any amount of dry stone wall walling stone so please feel free to contact us.
		Dry Stone Wall - Architectural Stone Supplies - Yorkstone Dry stone Wall Walling Stone (Code: 7081)
	www.architecturalstonesupplies.co.uk /catalogue/919/items/1/7081.html (107 words)

	CSEM
		Distinct element simulation of toppling failure of dry-stone wall
	www.bath.ac.uk /csae/cons/stonewall.htm (9 words)

	Business Directory - Dry Stone Wall Landscapes
		Design and build of dry stone wall landscapes by Landscape Architect and Master Dry Stone Waller.
	www.hambleton.gov.uk /hambleton/employers.nsf/printpages/F14B11AAEBE08FF180256E62004585AB (16 words)

	Dry stone wall on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		I once did some dry stone walling, well I was the labourer, but working with an expert taught me how to recognise a wall well laid, infilled and tied in correctly.
		Dry stone wall on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Puts me in mind of Robert Frost's Mending Walls.
	www.flickr.com /photos/yetti/5011910 (123 words)

	Malmesbury Memories - Dry Stone Wall
		Dry Stone Wall - Kings Wall - Built by David Forward
	www.malmesbury-memories.co.uk /drystonewall.html (11 words)

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