Dry Stone Waller / Drystane Dyker
Dry stone wallers/dry stane dykers (in Scotland) repair and re-build existing boundary walls, field enclosures and unmortared masonry buildings, or build new walls in fields, mountains or even artistic structures or features within parks and gardens.
The waller/dyker works to the same building principles of constructing a wall without mortar, but responds to regional variations and uses local stone usually found or quarried close to hand. Wallers are usually self-employed or work in small teams.
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Dry Stone Walling Association
The DSWA is a charitable organisation committed to the preservation of dry stone walls throughout Great Britain and to the training of people in the craft of dry stone walling (drystone dyking in Scotland)
Craft Occupations
A selection of the available craft occupations: