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View of the ancient Inca City of Machu Picchu. The 15-th century Inca site.'Lost city of the Incas'. Ruins of the Machu Picchu sanctuary. UNESCO World Heritage site.Peru

Close up front view of a typical Yorkshire Dales dry stone wall.

Remains of Roman wall. Roman fort ruins at Hardknott Pass, Lake District, UK

cotswolds landscape agricultural land fields rural countryside england uk

6 - Background photo with copy space. Peak district plants grow and give a soft texture against the hard dark dry stone wall behind. cloudy sky.

Stones of metamorphic origin arranged as part of a sea defence wall. Quntin Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Moss covered dry stone wall in autumn. Grinton, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

View of dry stone wall and bare tree on high grassy pasture looking down towards fields, woodland and the sea

Dry stone wall close to Malham Tarn in the southern area of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in England.

construction of a gabion retaining wall, as part of the house fencing. workers put geotextiles and on it wire baskets which consists of granite stones. demanding manual work, stabilizer, stability, stacked, geotextile

A close up of a traditional stone wall in the Lake District in Cumbria. The stone wall uses traditional methods to create an intricate strong wall that is used to line fields and agricultural fields.

Handmade Rock Wall and Sky Background Texture.

Colour image of steps made from piled stone.

A stone wall in the beautiful Burren National Park in County Clare - Ireland

English countryside with Hadrian's Wall in beautiful early morning light. Photographed near the Housesteads Fort. A seamlessly stitched panoramic image with a total size of 60 megapixels.

A beautiful shot of stone wall in a green field under a clear sky

The old prison in Ponta Delgada the main city on the Portuguese Azorean Island San Miguel in the center of the North Atlantic Ocean

ancient wall in a rural landscapes of Aliste, Zamora

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

Kumamoto Castle Stone Wall - Kyushu, Japan

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