Drystone Retaining Wall Rebuild in Crieff, Perthshire

This was another garden drystone wall that failed long before it should have. Only thirty years old (date confirmed by a Kinder Egg garden gnome toy found in the wall), there were many traced stones and the wall had not been backfilled sufficiently enough to do much retaining at all.

Many of the stones in the wall were large sandstone blocks recycled from much older buildings (the masons chisel marks still visible even after so many years) and we brought in some extra Perthshire fieldstone to ensure the wall was built back strong. With good weather and beautiful views from Crieff over the nearby hills, building progressed quickly.

The new wall followed the natural curve of the bank and was topped with a layer of soil for planting, ready for spring.