Recently completed projects - ornamental drystone features:

The following are some of the projects that we have completed in the past few months. Fuller details about each project, along with images are available by following the links below:

Collessie artistic free-standing wall

Collessie - artistic free-standing dry stone wall
Turf top, curves, benches and curves!

Further project details are here »

Hillhouse Quarry ornamental wall

Hillhouse Quarry, Troon - free-standing ornamental dry stone walls
New signs at the main entrance to the quarry.

Further project details are here »

Strachan Road raised bed

Blackhall, Edinburgh - dry stone raised bed
A different way to lay the stone...

Further project details are here »

Charterhall Grove retaining wall

Charterhall, Edinburgh - dry stone retaining wall and steps
The main feature of a garden redesign project

Further project details are here »

Kingseat free standing wall and raised bed

Kingseat, Fife - dry stone free standing wall and raised bed
Amazing what can be done with such rough stone!

Further project details are here »

urrayfield stone steps

Murrayfield, Edinburgh - dry stone retaining wall and steps
Grand staircase, high retaining walls and lots of curves!

Further project details are here »

Inverleith Place seat and retaining wall

Inverleith, Edinburgh - dry stone seat and retaining wall
Dry stone seat and retaining walls built to replace an old rockery.

Further project details are here »

Morningside retaining wall and steps

Morningside - dry stone retaining walls and steps
Dry stone retaining walls and steps transformed an over-grown bank into a formal garden..

Further project details are here »

Burntisland

Burntisland - stone seat and features.
Dry stone seat, steps, raised beds and a fireplace, all within a compact garden area.

Further project details are here »

Thornliebank low retaining dry stone garden wall

Thornliebank - low curved retaining wall
with lights and water feature.

Further project details are here »

Dry stone seat at Harlaw

Harlaw - stone seat.
Memorial seat built from dry stone.

Further project details are here »

Newburgh - ornamental, circuclar wall
The client wanted a dry stone wall to be the focal point of his garden - so we built this!

Further project details are here »

Heriot - ornamental free standing walls
This amazing seat shows what a versatile building material natural stone is. It was built using stone from an old field dyke, with rough pine seats and the top finished with turf.

Further project details are here »

Free estimates and consultations

We provide free estimates and initial consultations for all walling and landscaping work. If you are interested in redesigning your garden using natural stone, please contact us.

 

Balvenie Masters of Craft Awards

I am very pleased to announce that I was one of three people short-listed in the stone category for the inaugural Balvenie/Sunday Telegraph craftsman of the year 2011.

 

This new award aims to celebrate heritage and hand-built crafts over seven materials categories including stone, wood and glass. The judging panel was TV presenter and author, Kevin McCloud, Chairman of the Heritage Crafts Association, Robin Wood, expert crafts photographer, Nick Hand, Editor of The Sunday Telegraph Life, Anne Cuthbertson and the whisky industry's longest standing Malt Master, David Stewart

 

Further details of the winners are on the Balvenie web site

 

Latest Projects

Detailed below are some of our latest drystone walls...

The Wonky Wall

Artistic free-standing wall.

Oatridge College

Free-standing wall.

Hillhouse Quarry, Troon

Ornamental dry stone gates and signs.

Dulloch Park, Dunfermline

Retaining wall and steps

Charterhall, Edinburgh

Retaining wall and steps

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Stone steps and retaining walls

Dollar

Free-standing wall to replace privet hedge

Thornliebank

Low retaining wall with curves, lights and water feature.

Blackhall, Edinburgh

Dry stone raised bed.

Inverleith, Edinburgh

Dry stone seat and retaining wall.