{"id":82094,"date":"2009-08-08T06:06:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T23:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-build-a-dry-stone-wall\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T05:03:16","slug":"how-to-build-a-dry-stone-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-build-a-dry-stone-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build a dry stone wall"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nArmed with only a seldom used hammer, a\u00a0good waller can balance a structure that will last for centuries, finds Jon HenleyWatch a beginner and you can tell within two minutes if they’ve got a knack for it, says Richard Ingles. It takes a certain kind of eye-brain co-ordination, dry stone walling: you need to be able to look at a stone and know straight away whether it’s the one you want.”It’s no good asking, what kind of stone do I want,” he says. “The stone I want is the one that’s going to go there.” It’s like doing a three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle, and it means, says his wife drily, that he’s very good at packing the car when they go on holiday. Continue reading…
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