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Stone Wall Organizations

There are a number of organizations around the world devoted to promoting dry stone walling.

Each of the Web sites listed here offers educational materials, networking opportunities, and examples of stone wall construction.

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Canada Dry Stone Wall Association:
http://www.jboyweb.com/drystonewall/

Canada D.S.W. Association focuses on networking and making contacts across Canada to be better equipped to handle the growing interest in dry stone walling here and to offer demonstrations, instruction and special events where people can see and learn more about what can be done in the area of ‘Dryscaping’, using relatively inexpensive random natural stone in a structural application, without cement or any man made products.

Dry Stone Conservancy:
http://www.drystone.org/

The U.S. Dry Stone Conservancy was incorporated in 1996 as a 501(c)3, to preserve historic drystone structures, to advance the drystone masonry craft, and to create a center for training and expertise nationwide.

Dry Stone Wall Association of Australia:
http://www.dswaa.org.au/

The Dry Stone Walls Association of Australia (DSWAA) fosters the preservation and contemporary interpretation of Australia's dry stone walls and structures.

Dry Stone Wall Association of Great Britain:
http://www.dswa.org.uk/

The Dry Stone Walling Association is a charitable organisation committed to the preservation of dry stone walls throughout Great Britain and to the training of people in the craft of dry stone walling (drystone dyking in Scotland).

New England Stone Wall Initiative:
http://www.stonewall.uconn.edu/

The New England Stone Wall Initiative promotes the appreciation, investigation, and conservation of stone walls in New England. The SWI emphasizes the cultural, natural, and aesthetic resources provided by historic walls, which are the closest thing New England has to classical ruins.

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