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The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls
A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to mankind, used over millennia to ...
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Autonomous Excavator Builds Stone Wall Algorithmically
The goal? To build a 20 foot (6 meter) and 213 ft (65 m) long dry-stone wall as part of a park where the landscape was digitally planned, and the earth autonomously excavated. The coolest thing ...
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Smoots, bee boles and clay pipes, a history of dry stone walls
FOLLOWING a suggestion that a book on local dry stone walls in the Upper Hodder Valley may be of interest, Helen Wallbank of the Slaidburn ...
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Preserving the dry stone walls in the Yorkshire Dales
Dry stone walls have inspired local poets, photographers and artists alike, and a dedicated team in the Yorkshire Dales is keeping them in top condition The Yorkshire Dales National Park is much ...
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School of rocks aims to train new generation of dry stone wallers
He said dry stone walling was a "mental jigsaw" rather than just a jumble of stones. "You have to create joints and build a pattern with stones that are not shaped like bricks," he explained.
Preserving the dry stone walls in the Yorkshire Dales
In keeping with the rest of the area, the vast majority of YWT’s eight Ingleborough reserves also have dry stone wall boundaries. Keeping them maintained is a constant and ongoing process, with wall ...