Drystone Garden Wall Rebuild in Invergowrie, Near Dundee

Leaning at a worrying angle, this owner decided it was time for their wall to be repaired. At first glance it was obvious that Ivy had comromised the structure but when we took it apart we didn’t expect to see so many traced stones (stones that have more of their length along the wall than it it). For its height, the wall was far too narrow at the base and the original wallers had resorted to tracing stones to make them fit in a small space. There was also little to no hearting (the internal stones of a wall, integral to structure) and instead buckets and buckets of soil.

A lovely location to work in, we ate lunch on the banks of the Inner Tay Estuary with views across to Balmerino in Fife, and with the good weather, the new wall came up quickly. Built back slightly lower, with no traced stone and free of ivy, the result is a neater, stronger wall that will last for decades (and decades).