Browside - a repair

This was definitely 'before'.  Didn't look forward to this job as some of the stones were on the large size and I had to do a lot of digging to recover stones which had fallen into the small gully beside the wall.

But I managed and am quite pleased with the job - I even found enough tops which I thought might be hard to come by.
 

Aislaby Side = an unusual wall.

This wall is quite unique, at least in North Yorkshire. The builder has placed many  of the stones on their edges or narrowest side.  Some people call them 'shiners'.  

Its quite an old wall and is built below the well know Aislaby quarries which supplied the stone for Whitby Abbey and London Bridge amongst other places.

Grid Ref  NZ 838 078 above Newbiggin High Farm, Aislaby 

 

Covid has reduced the amount of traffic so it gave me the chance to rebuild  this wall.

 

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I'd already removed the tops, although they were mostly triangular I was going to have to create some other tops from suitable stone.

(Above)  This is part way through the re-build.  Notice that there are few  gaps between stones which reducesthe amount of rubble fill you need.  (Below)  Over many years the fill erodes, becomes smaller and eventually falls down the inside of the wall leaving large 'cavities' or gaps into which the building stone gradually collapses into - as you can see in the photograph below.  Which I why this wall has partially collapsed.

😀 And here's the finished job (below)