Pannanich Hill

It always fascinates me to see the miles and miles of drystone dykes that pepper the hillsides, generally separating one estate from another. When you think of the work involved in creating them so long ago. Just imagine trying to get someone to do that today! Ha ha. No way!

Taken yesterday on Pannanich Hill, just 'downdyke' of my friendly hare. :-)

[Christina]

I would say that too - there are much easier ways now :)

[Wylie]

I'm always sad to hear that so many have been demolished! lovely shot of this one going off into the distance.

[Diana]

A wonderful capture of these fabulous textures and landscape.

[Casablanca]

I love seeing these too, carving up the landscape. Something so solid and wonderful about them

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous BW leading line

[Gosia]

Great tones. We got endless fences instead.

[Valerie Chesney]

So dramatic. I can't even imagine the work that went into these

[Renee Salamon]

Great leading line, especially in b&w

[Merrelyn]

Lovely tones and textures.

[Milanie]

Really interesting b&w

[LManning (Laura)]

I love your POV and the misty hills off in the distance.

[Kitty Hawke]

We have drystone walls here too......although our ones are called 'Cornish Hedges' and have all sorts of vegetation growing on top.......solid wall at the base though, many tourists have found this out in a narrow lane !!

[Tim L]

Interesting composition, all those lines, of the wall and the hills behind, coming together.

[Pat Knowles]

One of farmings works of art. Lots of dry stone walls in Lancashire too……it’s an art to be learned how to repair them. Lovely scene.

[Boxplayer]

Fantastic stone wall line and misty layers.

[Tunia McClure]

Black and white are just perfect for this.

[haskar]

Great b&w capture and lovely leading line. Once everything was permanent and for several generations. Now you have a warranty for 2 years and you can additionally buy 6 more months.

[Babs]

I do love drystone walls. David created a very small one at our house when we lived in Cyprus. It was only in a small area of the garden, but it was a lot of hard work.

[Sarah Bremner]

They were built to last Issi!
Allan was on a dry stone dyke building course several years ago and always comments on the quality when we notice one. No cement needed in the real thing.

[Phil Howcroft]

wow what a cracking viewpoint and mono , everything works for you in this shot

[Islandgirl]

Wow this looks great in b&w and lovely pov!

[John Falconer]

You “made me” loose up and read a bit about drystone. Fascinating. Great black and white shot.

[Kathy]

I can't even imagine how much time and effort it took to build these. Are the stone/rocks close by or did they have to be hauled in? The wall makes a great leading line and there's a lot of texture in this photo.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great black and white shot- composition and texture spot on. Being married into a masonry family, I do know what kind of time and energy this takes- there is a lot of work there in what seemingly looks like a pile of rocks.

[Shutterbug]

Love the textures. It is amazing how well they hold up without much maintenance.

[4rky]

Built to last - can't beat a well-construdted drystone wall

[Issi Bannerman]

@randystreat That's hard to say. There are stones nearby, but I can only imagine that most of these will have been brought in.