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Noun

dry-stone wall - a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar

dry masonry - masonry without mortar

stone wall - a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields

Translations

dry-stone wall

[ˈdraɪsteʊnˈwɔːl] n → muro a secco

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

Chance to leave your mark on Castle Hill

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

PUSHING THE BOUNDARY; gardening

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

Uttoxeter: Marston initiates double on Paddy

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.

ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

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

Fund encourages farmers to hark back to tradition; GRANTS TO BOOST DRY-STONE WALLING AND HEDGE-LAYING

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

Crash victim, 73, could have taken ill at wheel

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.

Scrambles; ridge walk

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.

Property boss fined

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.

Notebook; Best of the Bunch Leopard's Bane

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.

Dry-stone yobs; Villagers who bought their own mountain face a new battle with thieves who keep raiding their rock walls

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.

Stone wallers build up for battle

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

French visit wall builders