The original structure had failed. A tree root had undermined the integrity of the garden wall and had been repaired using cement mortar by various different workers over time.
The stone has been used in a different way when it was originally built. There was a garden gated entrance when the wall was built, however a historical repair had been undertaken and the gap plugged. As you can see below.
The wall was dismantled and all of the stone palletised to preserve ready for the rebuild. New footings poured as roots from the tree and ivy had undermined the original.
New drainage was built in to the wall and to the back of the wall to allow for water to pass through safely and maintain the integrity of the new stone dyke.
No new stone was brought in to rebuild the stone dyke. All of the stonework was laid in lime mortar, sand sourced from a local quarry. Lime sourced from Fife.
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