Unusual Single Wall NYM

I must have walked close to this wall many times over the years and not noticed it before.  Its the only wall I know in the NYM which consists of a single wall composed with the foundation stones all set on edge.  It is a small enclosure just   A few yards to the south of the gravel track running down off the moor into Glaisdale.  Some of the stones are massive.  The wall is some four to five feet in hight and a couple of feet in width. 

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Walls with Dates

Most walls are almost impossible to date.  However these two on opposite sides of the farm track up to  Grange Head Farm (796033) have the date of construction carved into stones  - 1918 & 1903  I wonder whether the same waller built both?

Garden Walling

I don't often do garden walling but here's and example I did recently in Burniston 

Vertical walling - Scotland

Taken in Easedale a few miles south of Oban in Scotland I spotted this jetty made with vertically placed stones.  This is the only place outside the south west of Eire I've seen such walls using this style.

Cumbria - The English Lake District

 A very unusual use of cut stone for a wall end - but it seems to work - for the moment!.










Most walls have 90 degree corners.  This one is pretty unique as the angle is extremely sharp.

Bee House - Bee Holes, Beeboles

Directly uphill from Bank House Farm in Glaisdale are these curious looking 'holes' in a drystone wall.

Set in the boundary wall between field and moor these face the south east so are exposed to the morning sun and sheltered from the prevailing winds.  These are built as shelters for straw bee skeps, an early beehive, in which swarms of bees build their nests and of course produce honey.  These ones have recently been restored in 2013.

There may be others but I'm not aware of any others in drystone walls.  There are however some others built from mortared stone.  These include one at Dale Head in Westerdale near a public bridleway (NZ678045) and also six holes next to a farm house on Cropton Lane above Wrelton.

Fylingthorpe - Sunnyside Farm

This wall had collapsed for unknown reasons.  It was on a public footpath and access to the farm as well.  

23 hours later and I had it done.  As per usual several extra bags of fill were needed, which, luckily the owner had put by.  I never did discover why it had all collapsed and fallen into the road side. The foundations were absolutely level. The original builders (The Barry family) had also built the small outhouse you can just see on the right.  The back of the structure was obviously designed to be bonded into the wall as it had projecting stones into the wall.