John Heslegrave - Dry Stone Walling Repairs Limestone wall 'gapping' near Malham - stripping out, before rebuilding A repair to a March Dyke near Dunoon showing the many textures and colours of the rounded stones taken from the shore when the dyke was first built

Trees, vehicles, animals, people, road-salt, frost, ground movement, and the mysterious things that go bump in the night all contrive to shorten the expected long life of a well built dry stone wall.

Faced with these challenges, today's wallers have to match regional styles and make best use of the local stone.

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A new T and two stints rebuilt as part of a DSWA project when trees and their roots had damaged this wall surrounding Rawdon church yard A vehicle had tested the crumple zone effect of a dry stone wall, necessitating repair using the dressed stone and triangular copes; if you were the driver, we hope you were uninjured, but my customer would like to hear from you!
Falling tree branches had damaged this unstable wall before rebuilding Over the years this rear garden haw-haw and retaining wall had moved and been badly repaired with stone sets, bricks and a very heavy metal bar. A partial repair created a regular top with crenellated copestones and a boundary for a new patio area
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