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The History of Dry Stone Dyking

Dry stone dykes (walls) goes back many hundreds of years. A dry-stone wall, also known as a dry-stone dyke, drystane dyke, dry-stone hedge, or rock fence is a wall constructed from stones without any mortar to affix them. Built without mortar, these sturdy walls provide habitat for small animals, lichens and mosses. The stones gathered from the fields were built into dry stone walls to form majestic field boundaries

In Scotland & the Borders towns (Galashiels, Melrose, Selkirk, Kelso) the term "Drystone dyker" is used.

Despite the differing terms used Neil Moffat designs & builds stunning dry stone work across Scotland.

There are varying methods for constructing dry stone walls, depending on the quantity and type of stones available. Most older walls are constructed from stones cleared from nearby fields during preparation for ploughing.

The name of dry stone dykes is typically used in Scotland. Elsewhere in the common terminology is dry stone walls. Dry stone walls are characteristic of upland areas of Scotland, England & Ireland where rock outcrops naturally or large stones exist in quantity in the soil.

NEIL MOFFAT, 14 ST. AIDAN'S PARK, ST. BOSWELLS, MELROSE, TD6 ODQ.