drystone
Fitted without mortar
Drystone describes a method of construction using stones fitted together without mortar.
The technique relies on careful selection and placement of stones that interlock under their own weight.
Drystone walls are common in rural Britain, where they mark field boundaries and contain livestock: The drystone walls crisscrossing the hillside were centuries old.
Also spelled dry-stone or dry stone.
Without binding compound
- interlockingEngaging by overlap
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- wallingConstructing vertical barriers
- coursingMoving swiftly through
capstones · coping · batter · pinning · hearting · foundation · freestanding · retaining
Enclosures for ovine herds
- boundariesLines marking separation
- pasturesLand for grazing animals
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
enclosures · hedgerows · terracing · livestock · grazing · paddocks · hillsides · moorland
Hilly English countryside region
- YorkshireHistoric English county
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- Lake DistrictNorthwest England's national park
Cornwall · Cumbria · Appalachian · New England · Galicia · Puglia · Inca · Machu Picchu
Stacked memorial mounds
- dolmensAncient stone burial monuments
- cyclopeanMassive and primitively constructed
- megalithicOf giant stone construction
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
Neolithic · Bronze Age · Iron Age · archaeological · ruins · monuments · ceremonial · burial
Skilled manual tradesperson
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- handiworkHandmade work product
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
expertise · workmanship · apprenticeship · tradition · guild · master · journeyman · handcrafted
mortarless
Without binding compound
- interlockingEngaging by overlap
- stackingPlacing items vertically
- wallingConstructing vertical barriers
coursing · capstones · coping · batter · pinning · hearting · foundation · freestanding · retaining · gravity
sheepfolds
Enclosures for ovine herds
- boundariesLines marking separation
- pasturesLand for grazing animals
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
countryside · enclosures · hedgerows · terracing · livestock · grazing · paddocks · hillsides · moorland · uplands
Cotswolds
Hilly English countryside region
- YorkshireHistoric English county
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
Lake District · Cornwall · Cumbria · Appalachian · New England · Galicia · Puglia · Inca · Machu Picchu · Kerry
cairns
Stacked memorial mounds
- dolmensAncient stone burial monuments
- cyclopeanMassive and primitively constructed
- megalithicOf giant stone construction
prehistoric · Neolithic · Bronze Age · Iron Age · archaeological · ruins · monuments · ceremonial · burial · standing stones
artisan
Skilled manual tradesperson
- skillAcquired ability through practice
- handiworkHandmade work product
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
precision · expertise · workmanship · apprenticeship · tradition · guild · master · journeyman · handcrafted · eye
- masonrymason, brick, bricks, mortar, cement
- walls & masonrybrick wall, retaining wall, partition wall, garden wall, boundary wall
drystoneconcrete
Solid building mixture
poured concrete · reinforced concrete · cinder block · prefabricated
- drystone wallsUnmortared stacked rock barriers
dry, stone, stony, dryness, drywall, stonework, drywalling, drywaller