Scott`s Design

Quite an unusual and distinctive herring bone effect built into this attractive wall by Scott George in the US of A.

Carnac

I am off to France for a working holiday. On the way South I shall be passing the amazing standing stones At Carnac in Britany. There are three thousand standing stones in several fields .No one knows exactly what the purpose of these rocks is. The best suggestion that I have heard was from Leigh Bamford who said that they seemed like a cemetery. With chambered cairns and a complete hillside of tombs covered over by soil in the village the whole complex to me is much more impressive than Stonehenge. I shall report on other dry stone work following my month away.

Written in stone

Difficult not to obey, when the rules are presented like this.

1 .No running joints.

2 .Use proper batter.

3 .You shall not trace.

4 .You shall not use mortar.

5 .Build along courses.

6 .Do not cheat on the hearting.

7 .Do not rush.

8 .Do not drop stones on the wall.

9 .Use the shapes you have.

10.Stand back and look.

Thanks to John Shaw-Rimmington for the photo.

Stone cheese added June 2006

Peru added July 2007

Pyramid added June 2007

A New Year thank you to the many folk out there who have sent photos to this blog since it started in 2006. Together we are helping to show the world the outstanding beauty and wonderful variety of dry stone work around the globe. I have picked a couple of striking entries that received several comments but every one widens our knowledge. Please keep them coming.

Chris Haddow,Gavin Rose,Dieter Schneider, Lynn Sinclair-Smith, Sean Adcock, Vince and Ros Bourne, Vasco Miguel, Neil Rippingale, Duncan Haddow, David Lindsay, Colin Purves, Findlay Haddow, Richard Mc.Nally, Chris Tanguay, Mairi Ferguson, Bill Stone, Robert Thomson, Leigh Bamford, Ina Brandt, Dave Goulder, John Shaw-Rimmington, Evan Oxland, Nick Aitken, Mike Ellis, Tom Ramage, Menno Braam, Dean McLellan.

Also thanks to any who I have missed and to all those who added comments .