Dry Stone Construction

Connected Sites: 40

Buildings constructed of stone held together without mortar or similar. The stones may be "worked" or "rough". "Walls" not currently or originally part of a building are excluded.

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Connected Sites

Sceilg Mhichíl
Inscribed: 1996
3.79
99
8
"A Clear Evolution Of Dry Stone Masonry Techniques Is Evident" (Ouv)
Great Zimbabwe
Inscribed: 1986
3.70
57
26
"Dry Stone Masonry Walls Provide Insulation For Each Ensemble" (Ouv)
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins
Zimbabwe
Inscribed: 1986
2.80
29
3
"A Complex Series Of Platforms Of Dry-Stone Walled Structures" (Ouv)
Machu Picchu
Inscribed: 1983
4.62
355
8
Cuzco
Cuzco
Peru
Inscribed: 1983
3.71
362
9
Southern Öland
Inscribed: 2000
2.52
126
7
Eketorp Castle
Mycenae and Tiryns
Inscribed: 1999
3.54
294
10
The trulli of Alberobello
Inscribed: 1996
3.40
272
7
Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
Inscribed: 1988
2.75
96
10
Biblical Tells
Inscribed: 2005
3.01
127
10
Chief Roi Mata's Domain
Inscribed: 2008
2.13
28
5
Rapa Nui
Inscribed: 1995
4.49
132
13
Rear Wall Of The Ahu At Vinapu
St. Kilda
St. Kilda
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 1986
3.50
30
4
From The Evaluation Document "The Most Common Traditional Structure On St. Kilda Is The Cleit, Of Which About 1260 Have Been Recorded On Hirta, Distributed All Over The Island, And More Than 170 Others On The Outlying Islands And Stacs. Cleits Are Small Drystone Structures Of Round-Ended Rectilinear Form, With Drystone Walls And A Roof Of Slabs Covered With Earth And Turf."
Old City of Jerusalem
Inscribed: 1981
4.37
369
12
Wailing Wall, Herodian Quarter
Konso
Konso
Ethiopia
Inscribed: 2011
2.90
42
3
Dry Stone Walls (Ab Ev)
Causses and Cévennes
Inscribed: 2011
3.18
159
5
Farmhouses
Serra de Tramuntana
Inscribed: 2011
2.81
157
5
Walls, Waterworks Etc (Ab Ev)
Mapungubwe
Mapungubwe
South Africa
Inscribed: 2003
3.00
26
5
Sukur
Sukur
Nigeria
Inscribed: 1999
0
1
The Villages In The Sukur Cultural Landscape ...Have Their Own Characteristic Domestic Architecture. Among Its Features Are Drystone Walls, Used As Social Markers And Defensive Enclosures, Sunken Animal (Principally Bull) Pens, Granaries, And Threshing Floors (Ab Ev)
Chavin
Inscribed: 1985
3.12
65
6
Battir
Battir
Palestine
Inscribed: 2014
1.38
71
5
Dry-Stone Terrace Walls (Ab Ev)
Qhapaq Ñan
Qhapaq Ñan
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Inscribed: 2014
2.82
219
9
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
Inscribed: 2004
2.64
189
9
Houses In The Valley Are Made Out Of Dry, Local 'Gathered' Granite Stone (Ab Ev)
Taputapuātea
Inscribed: 2017
3.00
12
2
Kujataa
Kujataa
Denmark
Inscribed: 2017
2.76
13
3
A Number Of Norse Dry Stone Ruin Structures Are Present (Ab Ev)
Thimlich Ohinga
Inscribed: 2018
1.74
4
2
"Thimlich Ohinga Archaeological Site Is A Dry-Stone Walled Settlement" (Ouv)
Hawraman/Uramanat
Inscribed: 2021
2.07
9
1
Gardening On Dry-Stone Terraces (Ab Ev)
Himā Cultural area
Inscribed: 2021
2.33
25
3
The Intensive Traffic Of Caravans Over Millennia Has Resulted In Great Concentrations Of Archaeological Surface Evidence, Particularly Stone Cairns, Dry-Laid Stone Tombs And Extensive Stone Arrangements. (Nom File P.15)
Lake District
Lake District
United Kingdom
Inscribed: 2017
3.52
309
7
Features Such As Dry Stone Walls, For Example, Are There As A Result Of Sheep Farming. (Wiki)
Valongo Wharf
Inscribed: 2017
1.15
74
5
"..Remains Of A Large Building Constructed Of Ornamented Masonry In Eight Layers. At Present, These Appear As Drystone Walls With Occasional Remnants Of Earth Sediments." (Ab Ev)
Talayotic Menorca
Inscribed: 2023
2.93
50
4
"Illustrate The Evolution Of The Island’S Dry Stone Building Practices" (Ab Ev)
Zagori Cultural Landscape
Inscribed: 2023
3.24
57
5
Drystone Cobbled Pathways And Terraces (Ab Ev)
Al-Faw
Al-Faw
Saudi Arabia
Inscribed: 2024
1.29
4
3
"Tapered Structures - These Structures Consist Of Three Dry-Stone Walls Forming An Empty Triangle As The Head, Attached To Which Is A Long Tail Of The Dry-Stone Wall Varying In Length From One Up To Seventy Metres. (...) More Than 552 Tapered Structures Have Been Recorded Within The Nominated Property." (Ab Ev)
Marquesas Islands
Inscribed: 2024
3
0
"The Property Also Includes Archaeological Sites Ranging From Monumental Dry-Stone Structures To Lithic Sculptures And Engravings" - Unesco
Dilmun Burial Mounds
Inscribed: 2019
2.11
82
6
"Early And Late Type Mounds (...) Are Regularly-Built Grave Chambers (...). Walls Are Built With A Dry-Stone Technique And Covered By Capstones Slabs." (Ab Ev)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
Inscribed: 1998
2.82
377
14
Bach-Cahors Section Of The Chemin Du Puy: One Can See The Large Stone Slabs Of The Roman Road Between Dry Stone Walls Sometimes Incorporating Enormous Blocks. (Nomination File)
Ancient villages of Northern Syria
Inscribed: 2011
3.09
37
2
"The Vestiges Include Dry Stone Protective Walls That Bear Witness To The Agricultural Land Division Systems Of The Roman Era." (Talayotic Menorca Nomination File, P. 351)
Pico Island
Pico Island
Portugal
Inscribed: 2004
3.37
63
4
"This Cultural Landscape (...) Consists Of A Spectacular Network Of Spaced-Out, Long Volcanic Dry Stone Walls Running Inland From, And Parallel To, The Ocean Shore." (Talayotic Menorca Nomination File, P. 351)
Stari Grad Plain
Inscribed: 2008
2.16
164
7
"Stari Grad Plain Represents A Comprehensive System Of Land Use And Agricultural Colonisation By The Greeks, In The 4th Century Bc. Its Land Organisation System, Based On Geometrical Parcels With Dry Stone Wall Boundaries (Chora), Is Exemplary." (Ouv)
Mijikenda Kaya Forests
Inscribed: 2008
2.35
20
2
"Gates Of Dry Stone Walling" (Ab Ev)