dry-stone wall

With its far-reaching views over the town and beyond, Castle Hill is home to over 70 metres of dry-stone wall.

A dry-stone wall brings a classic look and has the potential to last for years - just think of the Welsh countryside!

I've schooled him over fences and he jumps a dry-stone wall well."

Here, where an open field meets a patch of rough woods, Goldsworthy found the tumbledown remains of a dry-stone wall. Working with an imported crew of British artisans, he rebuilt this wall with fieldstone from the site, but did so as a farmer never would have.

"I need to rebuild around 50 metres of collapsed dry-stone wall on part of our land, which borders a neighbouring farm at Eryrys.

A PENSIONER died after his car collided with a dry-stone wall.

The path takes you roughly east, contouring the mountain pasture slopes of Tal-y-fan and bringing you to stone steps set diagonally into a dry-stone wall, reached through a gate in a fenced enclosure.

Planning permission was given for a housing development at Town Farm, Wall, in 1996, subject to a condition that the road be upgraded and a dry-stone wall built.

Dry-stone walling - drive in any direction from the centre of Huddersfield and before you have gone more than half a mile you are likely to see a dry-stone wall of some sort.

But they now face a fresh battle against thieves who are plundering a new dry-stone wall and are thought to be using the rocks in gardens.

A fence may not have the appeal of a dry-stone wall, with a life of only 25 years, whereas a wall may last 150 years.

French dry-stone wall enthusiasts visited Outlane to see a restoration project.