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Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: * History of stone in Ireland * How to build dry stone and mortar walls * Basic and more advanced techniques * Dos and don'ts of repair work * Appropriate conservation methods

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Other technologies & applied sciences Other vocational technologies & trades

• Full title: Irish Stone Walls
• Author: Pat McAfee
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9781847172341
• ISBN: 1847172342
• ID: 04356461
• Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Weight: 308 g
• Dimensions: 233 × 156 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. March 2011

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