Drystone walling

All about dry stone walling

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
• provide nesting and perching sites for birds
• are germination sites for plants
• are good surfaces for mosses and lichens
• harbour insects and reptiles in their holes, nooks and crannies