dry stone walling

Also known as dry stone method, dry stone construction, dry-stone, Art of dry stone walling, knowledge and techniques, dry stone, dry stone wall

mortarless masonry method

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Art of dry stone construction, knowledge and techniques - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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Commons category: Dry stone
described at URL: nationalinventoryich.chg.gov.ie/dry-stone-construction
native label: suhozidarstvo

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Dry stone walls in the Yorkshire Dales, England

Dry stone, dry laid in the US, or drystack or, in Scotland and Northern England, drystane, is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. A certain amount of binding is obtained through the use of carefully selected interlocking stones.