Other uses of walls include sheep folds, both for the sorting and washing of sheep, grouse butts, wells and bield walls to ...

The art of dry stone walling concerns the know-how of making stone constructions by stacking stones upon one another, without using any other materials except sometimes dry soil. Bearers include the ...

An annual dry stone walling competition has been called "vital" for an area's wildlife and cultural identity. Professional, ...

The Northumbria Dry Stone Walling Association said the government recognised the walls' contribution to "biodiversity recovery". But chairman Paul Foster said the subsidy for the "physically ...

A centre is being created to train a new generation in the art of dry stone walling amid a growing interest in the technique. The craft - also know as drystane dyking - dates back 5,000 years in ...

Based in the Southern Highlands, Geoff Duggan is Australia's only known master craftsman in dry stone walling. Mr Duggan researched Kiama's dry stone walls for the local council in 2000 ...

Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?

Interestingly, there may be similar examples in Denmark. This was then surrounded by a larger trapezoid-shaped long cairn bounded by dry-stone walling. On the western side of the cairn was an entrance ...

So, it's quite a lot of stone, I know, and it's quite a manual process, the old dry-stone walling. Speaker 2: That's no problem. Are we going to do a flaunching like the rest of the wall?

A perilous future awaits hill farmers in some of England’s most isolated communities if public spending on agriculture is cut ...

A community farm which is “an exceptionally special place” and has a “profound impact” on children immersing themselves in ...

This is a year-long placement, doing a variety of conservation work, like path maintenance, dry-stone walling, fencing, and being involved with the Yorkshire Wildlife team. On Mondays we’re ...