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Wow, these are gorgeous. That stacked stone wall is my favorite. The second one looks like it's a concrete wall faced with stone. Still, it's beautiful. Not too sure about the cemetery wall though. Is that a retaining wall or a garden wall? I'm thinking it can't be a retaining wall because it's concfrete blocks and mortar.
I had that stacked kind of stone wall at my house and I guess they would be expensive now. It came with the house and it wasn't an expensive house.
I'm wondering about the low stone wall at the pharmacy parking lot--I bet it IS fake--real stones but over concrete. Will have a closer look tomorrow.
The cemetery wall that looks like concrete blocks is really big granite blocks. There's a lot of granite around here and that is an older cemetery so it was probably affordable back when it was built.
I think it's very attractive. Adds interest to the fairly simple landscaping, mostly a pretty lawn. And you have a lot of latitude when time comes to paint your house. You won't have to re-build your wall to match it to paint color(!)
Really, looks great!
Stacked stone walls are very desirable. They are all over the UK, bordering farm fields and many are hundreds of years ole. That's how people made stone walls back then. They piled up rocks. The walls are gorgeous.
Stacked stone walls are very desirable. They are all over the UK, bordering farm fields and many are hundreds of years ole. That's how people made stone walls back then. They piled up rocks. The walls are gorgeous.
We have a lot of the old walls here too bordering the fields and just everywhere. Sometimes if you go into the woods you will find an old stone wall where fields used to be. Building them is almost a lost art. Our old ones were made of more rounded stones though. They had to dig down below the frost line and set the stones in place and build it up, fitting the stones as they went along. The builders had such patience (and so many extra stones) that they were able to fit the stones together like a jigsaw puzzle with small stones to fill in the crevices. No mortar and those walls still stand. Stone walls, centuries old, are a pleasure to see. (Ours were built by early English settlers so they copied you.)
We have a lot of the old walls here too bordering the fields and just everywhere. Sometimes if you go into the woods you will find an old stone wall where fields used to be. Building them is almost a lost art. Our old ones were made of more rounded stones though. They had to dig down below the frost line and set the stones in place and build it up, fitting the stones as they went along. The builders had such patience (and so many extra stones) that they were able to fit the stones together like a jigsaw puzzle with small stones to fill in the crevices. No mortar and those walls still stand. Stone walls, centuries old, are a pleasure to see. (Ours were built by early English settlers so they copied you.)
What is so awesome (literally) is driving for miles andmiles in the UK and seeing those walls. You really do have to marvel at the patience of people back then.
But tell me, why would they have to dig as far down as the frost line? Many of those walls are only a few feet tall. That seems like an awfully deep base for a wall like that. Frustrating for the farmers, too -- all that work and you can't even see the wall until you've piled up umpteen courses of stones!
I absolutely love those walls, but that one is WAY to "busy" for my taste. I can see using both greys together and doing a pattern, but to me, the mix of so many colors, used in such a random pattern....is chaotic.
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