Drystone walling
The Wychwood Project aims to re-build dry stone walls in key locations. One such location was Cogges Manor Farm, pictured opposite.
If you have a stone wall that needs repairing, give us a call...but you will need a budget for buying stone.
The importance of dry stone walls
- they contain livestock
- provide shelter for livestock and buildings against the wind and rain
- prevent soil erosion
- provide employment in a skilled craft
- outlast other types of field boundary many times over and prove more economical in the long run
For wildlife
- they act as corridors for small mammals moving from one place to another
- they provide nesting and perching sites for birds
- are germination sites for plants
- are good surfaces for mosses and lichens
- they harbour insects and reptiles in their holes, nooks and crannies