Traditional Irish Dry Stone Walls
This wall at the entrance to Boyle Harbour is a mix of dry stone and grouted …
The oldest known dry stone walls in Ireland are the Céide fields of Co Mayo, built approximately 5,800 years ago. It is estimated that there are over 400,000km of dry stone walls in Ireland, with a roughly similar length of hedgerow creating land boundaries more so in the east of the country.
• Dry stone walls are durable because they contain no mortar, but are held together by the weight of stone, and by the skill of the builder who selected and fitted the stones together.