This kind of wall consists of two stone walls running parallel to each other. Because the stones go from large on the bottom to small at the top, there would be a V-shaped space in between the two ...

Stone walls can be found here and there in other states, but only in New England are they nearly ubiquitous. That’s due to a regionally unique combination of hard crystalline bedrock ...

Stone walls also act as fire breaks ... bottom and using increasingly smaller stones as you make your way to the top of the wall, she said. That is called “the batter” and the typical ratio ...

A low stone wall nearly a kilometre long has been found ... The stones are placed next to one another rather than on top of each other, and the wall is less than a metre high in most places.

A stone wall that lies nearly 70 feet underwater and stretches for more than half a mile on the floor of the Baltic Sea some six miles off the German coast appears to be the oldest known structure ...

Dry stone walls have inspired local poets, photographers and artists alike, and a dedicated team in the Yorkshire Dales is keeping them in top condition The Yorkshire Dales National Park is much ...

A four-mile (7km) dry stone wall is being built to help a major new commuter road blend into its Cotswolds surroundings. Twelve stonemasons have already spent a year constructing the wall ...