This book explores the history of dry stone walling and explains how and why they were built. He also offers step-by-step instructions, with explanatory photographs and diagrams, showing you how to build or repair a wall, whether as a boundary on the hillside or simply as a garden feature. Contents includes: How to acquire suitable stone, tools of the trade, basic walling techniques, building or repairing a curved wall, walling on slopes, gapping, retaining walls and variations.