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A dry stone wall on the Pennine Way near High Cup Nick

Circular dry stone walls protect young trees close to Malham Tarn in the southern area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in England.

Site of the ruins of Temple of Wiracocha, temple of Viracocha at Chacha (Raqchi), Cusco, Peru, South America

Beauty landscape in Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK

High cup Nick, U shaped valley in North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Cumbria, England

Edinburgh Castle, located on Castle rock, in the center of the city. The castle is one of the oldest fortified sites in Europe and has been a location of a royal residence dating back to the 12th century.

Solomon's Tower, on Grin Low Hill offers wonderful fresh air and spectacular panoramic views of the Buxton area and Derbyshire Peaks.

Fréhel, France, July 3, 2022 - Fort La Latte on the Cap Fréhel coast in the bay of Saint-Brieuc

Dunluce Castle is a ruined castle on the Causeway Coast and one of the most picturesque and romantic of Irish Castles.

The tower of Mariana (or Olynthos tower) was built in 1374 by the monks of Dochiariou Monastery as a watch tower. Halkidiki, Greece.

Penrhyn Castle is a country house in Llandegai, Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales, in the form of a Norman castle. It was originally a medieval fortified manor house, founded by Ednyfed Fychan. In 1438, Ioan ap Gruffudd was granted a licence to crenellate and he founded the stone castle and added a tower house. Samuel Wyatt reconstructed the property in the 1780s.

Bright autumn day by River Lochy, Fort William, Scotland

The Simonside Hills near Rothbury in Northumberland are popular with walkers being rich in ancient heritage and mystery

Ruins from a Scottish castle in the highlands

View of the city walls in the city of Lugo, Spain

Haytor on Dartmoor, landmark in Devon, UK

View of Loch Cluanie Snow covered Mountain Aonach Meadhoin into Glen Shiel

The village of Roundstone is situated on the Peninsula of Connemara. A idyllic place to enjoy seafood.

view of Northumberland countryside on Hadrian's Wall Path near Once Brewed, Northumberland, UK

$Some Facts about Irish Stone Walls\nWhy are there gaps in Irish stone walls?\nMany of the stone walls in the west and south of Ireland are known as ‘dry stone walls,’ meaning that they are made entirely without any mortar or other materials to help stick them together. As such, this leaves gaps between the stones, something tourists often notice as they drive past and can actually see the sky straight through them. Many of the walls here are quite ancient, and as such were made before the advent of or easy access to mortar and other cement-like materials to build them up.\nHow do they stand up then?\nWhile I’m not an expert wall-builder or stone mason myself, I have actually built a small section of stone wall here in the traditional style. Irish stone walls are made by carefully selecting the correct stones bit by bit as you progress onwards and upwards. One must ensure that each rock will properly be at rest within the wall, sitting still and balancing atop the last layer. Another thing I learned the hard way is that a common technique is to actually place the smallest stones along the bottom and then finish or ‘cap’ them with your larger and heavier rocks. Although seemingly counterintuitive at first, the downwards force of these larger rocks can help pack down the bottom layers, compressing them together and preventing them from moving or spilling. But yes, there’s a lot of trial and error as you go, especially when it’s your first time learning how to build an Irish stone wall.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022. The Stone Walls are from the Aran Islands.$

The Bertraghboy Bay covered in greenery under a cloudy sky in Connemara in Ireland

The view over the southern end of Lake Windermere from the footpath to Gummers How, a well known viewpoint in The Lake District, Cumbria, UK

Ancient Crokery Factory of Sargadelos, Sargadelos, Cervo, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe

View over the North Pennines from the A 69 in Cumbria. There is a dry stone wall in the foreground and blue summer skies in the background.

St Fitticks community park in Aberdeen, Scotland.

coast of historical largs town near glasgow scotland england UK

Snaefellsjokull, Iceland landscape view of rocky beach in Hellnar National park Snaefellsnes Peninsula with ocean in summer

Knowlton Church is 14th century and built within a prehistoric henge, Dorset, UK

Plevenon, France. The Fort la Latte or Chateau de la Roche Goyon, a castle fortification on the coast of Brittany (Bretagne)

Walla Crag is a viewpoint just south of Keswick overlooking Derwent Water in the Lake District of Cumbria, England.

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