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Why the Ancient Craft of Dry Stone Walling Still Holds So Much Appeal in the 21st Century

John Shaw-Rimmington started building dry stone walls after the stones themselves complained to him. It was the 1980s, and he was living in Ontario, working for clients who wanted decorative stone ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

'In Stone We Trust': builders learn the art of dry stonewalling

ENGLAND IS GOOD AT GROWING, IT’S ROCKS. AND IF THOSE ROCKS ARE LUCKY, THEY JUST MIGHT TURN INTO STONES. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A STONE IS THAT A ROCK IS JUST AN UNEMPLOYED STONE BECAUSE A ...
Wesleyan University

Bryce Hollingsworth ’13 and the Ancient Art of Dry Stone Walling

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The Atlantic

The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to ...
MassLive

With 4 year project, Holyoke man learned the old craft of dry stone walling

HOLYOKE — When Mike Dugre, 69, began considering his legacy, he went back 400 million years for inspiration. That’s how old some of the granite is that he used to build the dry stone wall on his ...