Some of the work completed for customers to date..................
As well as the traditional boundary dykes we are all so accustomed to in our surrounding countryside the drystone walling craft can be utilised for numerous types of feature in and around your garden. The clients below are all content to be contacted to provide references and by arrangement to view work carried out by Drystane Dyking Services.
Stone cladding in the Woodlands Garden, RM Condor - part of the charity work completed by the Central scotland Branch of the DSWA.
Some of the retaining walls in the Garden.
The Woodlands Garden opens to the public 4 Nov 2011, a large boulder from Northern Ireland can be seen in the foreground, a stone from all corners of the globe where 45 Cdo RM lost men has been placed in the garden.
A Training Course at Cambo Spring 2011
The final gap being closed in the new wall by the Prarie Garden
Below a low dyke makes and ideal bench when coped with decking boards; creating a natural break from gravel to lawn.
A field dyke built from gritstone; part of a wall panel erected as a practice piece for my Level 2 DSWA Exam.
Work at Glenesk Retreat, Angus on a new path opened on Jun 09; the wall has carvings on either side of the gap - a red squirrel, commonly seen in the area and the head of a highland cow on the other side.
A dilapidated field dyke brought back to life with a few hours of hard effort transforms this paddock boundary wall to a more pleasing sight.......
Another section of wall ready to be repaired
Another section of wall before and after being repaired.
Curves built using Limestone in Derbyshire.
A retaining wall in a steep garden in Dundee; one of two walls used to terrace the garden and allow planting above the walls in a very steep incline.
A NTS Thistle Camp on Culloden Battlefield, Sep 09. A weeks voluntary work for some hardy souls who managed to reinstate over 40 metres of turf-topped boulder dyke; adding to the already excellent display in and around the visitor centre. The plan is for further camps to return over the next few years repairing the boundary dyke aound the site.
Clearing the site after a weeks work, the original path now framed by two cheekends, the stone used was recyled from areas around the battlefield.
A new build wall in Kingsmuir, Angus forming a boundary between the garden and the main road, the stone was salvaged from surplus used during the renovation and extension to the original Weaver's Croft.
The name stone was embedded into the wall by the new entrance way. Gates will soon enclose the garden and hopefully help the local Ferrell cat keep the rabbit population clear of the new planting until established in the coming years.
Culloden Battlefield, Culloden Visitor Centre, Culloden Moor, INVERNESS (2009 Thistle Camp)
(July 2010)
Wall damaged by car on Edzell / Fettercairn Road......
And the wall after repair work completed; cope mortared to match existing wall.
The new entrance to Dumbarrow Farm House, by Letham, the gateway was rebuilt using reclaimed stone from the original walls around the old farm house.
Walls reinsated along the entrance way at Dumbarrow using the original stone salvaged from the site.
A repaired retaining wall at the Station House, Friockheim, Angus.
The restored boundary wall along the edge of Culloden Moor Visitor Centre; work completed by a NTS Thistle Camp in Sep 2010 - all but 2 had never done any dyking before!
A project to retain a large part of the garden and make best use of limited space when a new conservatory was built to make best of the views of Roscobbie Loch.
Field wall repairs at Pitscandly, by Forfar
