Dry stone wall builder,David Hannaforth using nothing but granite stone,which he splits from large boulders.

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Dry stone wall builder, David Hannaford builds walls with nothing but stones and no mortar or binders, mainly with local granite, which he splits off large boulders found on Dartmoor. This is an ancient craft, practiced for thousands of years, mainly as a way of making field boundaries to enclose farm animals.

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Size: 4256px × 2848px
Location: Princetown, Devonshire, United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © christopher jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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