Dry Stone Walls

Author: Lawrence Garner

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  • : $12.99 AUD
  • : 9780747806202
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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  • : 0.098
  • : 01 April 2007
  • : 210mm X 150mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 12.99
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  • : Lawrence Garner
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  • : Paperback
  • : 2nd Revised edition
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  • : 40
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  • : illustrations, (some colour )
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Barcode 9780747806202
9780747806202

Description

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.

Author description

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.

Table of contents

Why dry stone walls?; The development of walls; The construction of a dry stone wall; Regional stones and styles; The craft today; Further reading; Organisations and activities