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Dry Stone Walls
Lawrence Garner
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Description for Dry Stone Walls
Paperback. This book explains the reasons for building dry stone walls, the story of their development, technical details of their construction, regional styles and the state of the craft today. Series: Shire album. Num Pages: 40 pages, illustrations, (some colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 3. Weight in Grams: 100.
The dry stone walls of Britain happen to be in areas which attract many tourists and so it is not surprising that the walls that are an integral part of the landscape should provoke so many questions. 'When were they built?', 'Who built them?', 'How do they stand up without cement?'. This book answers these and many other questions. The reasons for building dry stone walls, the story of their development, technical details of their construction, regional styles and the state of the craft today. Some old myths and legends are dispelled, in particular the mistaken idea that walling is ... Read more
The dry stone walls of Britain happen to be in areas which attract many tourists and so it is not surprising that the walls that are an integral part of the landscape should provoke so many questions. 'When were they built?', 'Who built them?', 'How do they stand up without cement?'. This book answers these and many other questions. The reasons for building dry stone walls, the story of their development, technical details of their construction, regional styles and the state of the craft today. Some old myths and legends are dispelled, in particular the mistaken idea that walling is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
40
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Series
Shire album
Condition
New
Number of Pages
40
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747806202
SKU
V9780747806202
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Lawrence Garner
Lawrence Garner is a professional writer on landscape and countryside topics. In 1980 he took up a three year grand-aided post as the first Director of the Dry Stone Walling Association and was involved in establishing a professional register and encouraging various types of training.
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