KristieJun 7

Before I became a drystone waller I knew nothing about how walls were built, or by whom. That's the thing about drystone, it's everywhere, it's ancient, it's extraordinary, and most of us walk straight past it.

The very first Drystone Diary is live. What drystone actually is, how it works, and why it matters.

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/drystone-diary-what-is-drystone

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Drystone Diary - What Is Drystone?

What is drystone, how does it work, and why does it matter? From the physics of a wall to the ecology of its gaps, we explore drystone walling.

Kristie De Garis
Show threadBodhipaksaJun 7
@kristiedegaris Thanks. This was interesting and (as always) well written. When I was a bairn I used to live beside a golf course that had once been a farm. Drystane dykes remained in the rough, although they were often half collapsed. My friends and I would try to build them back up, but we had no idea what we were doing. I'm afraid we never figured out a single one of the principles you outlined here.
Show threadKristie
@bodhipaksa Had you a few more centuries, I think you would have been just fine.
Jun 7 at 5:17pmWeb