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