Drystone walls will simply not stand up to the pressure of orienteering.
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There have beendrystonewallbuilders and repair firms.
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It is in a small wood and surrounded by a circulardrystonewall.
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We must accept that, as with the maintenance of drystone walls, that is a labour-intensive, costly and negative income exercise.
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Indeed, much of our currently accessible open land is covered in drystone walls and can be regarded as enclosed land.
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It does not include drystone walls or other important threatened rural features such as ponds.
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The surviving drystone walls rise to about three metres (10 ft) and are more than four metres (13 ft) thick in some places.
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The construction of brochs, with their double-skinned drystone walls made it possible to build tall yet comparatively lightweight structures.
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The main habitat is rough heath-grassland, with scrub, drystone walls and 600-700 million year old rock outcrops.
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The drystone walls are up to four metres thick in some parts and there is a complete chamber intact off the entrance passage.
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