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Irish village cottages landscape at Aran Islands Inisheer in summer

Looking down from the top of hills at a Landscape of green pasture and dry stone walls typical of the Ireland, Aran Islands, Ireland. High quality photo

Ireland , Bruff, countryside, cattle grazing

The island of Inisheer part of the Aran Islands in Ireland with its mortarless stone walls and village

$Some Facts about Irish Stone Walls\nWhy are there gaps in Irish stone walls?\nMany of the stone walls in the west and south of Ireland are known as ‘dry stone walls,’ meaning that they are made entirely without any mortar or other materials to help stick them together. As such, this leaves gaps between the stones, something tourists often notice as they drive past and can actually see the sky straight through them. Many of the walls here are quite ancient, and as such were made before the advent of or easy access to mortar and other cement-like materials to build them up.\nHow do they stand up then?\nWhile I’m not an expert wall-builder or stone mason myself, I have actually built a small section of stone wall here in the traditional style. Irish stone walls are made by carefully selecting the correct stones bit by bit as you progress onwards and upwards. One must ensure that each rock will properly be at rest within the wall, sitting still and balancing atop the last layer. Another thing I learned the hard way is that a common technique is to actually place the smallest stones along the bottom and then finish or ‘cap’ them with your larger and heavier rocks. Although seemingly counterintuitive at first, the downwards force of these larger rocks can help pack down the bottom layers, compressing them together and preventing them from moving or spilling. But yes, there’s a lot of trial and error as you go, especially when it’s your first time learning how to build an Irish stone wall.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022. The Stone Walls are from the Aran Islands.$

Stone lace wall frames the barren, seaside landscape of Inishmore, one of western Ireland's Aran Islands.

Intricate patterns of dry stone walls on Aran Island reflects the resourcefulness of the local people and centuries of agricultural tradition.

A detail of a classic dry stone wall along a country road in Ireland.

Old Church stone ruins remains exterior at Inisheer Aran Island Ireland

A stacked-stone fence/wall around the border of The Burren in County Clare, Ireland.

Church among stone walls of small island town of Ireland. in Ireland, England, United Kingdom

Detail of the rocks with lichen in the walls of the ruin of Hvalsey Church build by the Scandinavian Norsemen in approx. year 1300 outside Qaqortoq - Julianehåb in south west Greenland on a sunny summer day

view of the Aran island of Inisheer, Galway, Ireland

Darwin, East Falkland, Falkland Islands: old stone sheep corral, traditional of the Falklands - stone corrals originate in earliest days of settlement in the Falkland Islands.

Beehive huts speckle the side of a road that winds along Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula. These old houses, all worn and battered by time, stand as humble testaments to the island’s medieval stonemasons. The exact age of the houses is uncertain, and different theories date them anywhere from the eighth to 12th centuries AD. The builders of these beehive houses didn’t use any mortar. Instead, they meticulously stacked rings of stone one on top of the other, positioning each layer a little further inward until a snug, pointed roof was formed to cap the structure.

Detail of a stacked-stone fence/wall around the border of The Burren in County Clare, Ireland.

A scenic view of a calm Atlantic ocean with rocky cliffs in the distance, framed by a stone wall and lush green plants in the foreground under a clear blue sky. Camaret sur Mer, Brittany.

Dingle Peninsula is known for its beautiful nature and landscape

Stone walls, green fields, a farmhouse at sunset in Inishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland

Irish landscape with typical house (Aran Island - Europe - Ireland)

Kilmurvey Beach, Inishmore; Aran Islands; Ireland

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