Look Mom no mortar

[Raymond Wand]

Our local town square has just been completed and this is one of the features.

[Steven Turetsky]

That is beautiful.

[Raymond Wand]

It will be interesting to see how long it will take for some village idiot to vandalize it. Hopefully that won't happen.

The masons used a large round bail of hay for the form.
http://www.dswa.ca/event/festival-of-stone

[Mike Lamb]

That is sweet. Of course, a masonry adhesive or something has to be used in there somewhere or ... Boom.

[Raymond Wand]

Mike there is no glue nor mortar, friction fit and the key stone.

[Jim Robinson]

Our local town square has just been completed and this is one of the features.

I'm not seeing much of a town or a square. Was that a joke? The arch is cool though. Maybe if you build it, they will come.

[Raymond Wand]

Jim

The town square is a work in progress. We built perimeter walls around the square, all dry laid.
There is a cedar stage and other marker stones incorporated into the stone wall.

The hole is called a 'Moon gate'.

[Rich Goeken]

Jim

The town square is a work in progress. We built perimeter walls around the square, all dry laid.
There is a cedar stage and other marker stones incorporated into the stone wall.

The hole is called a 'Moon gate'.

Looks like you need "firewater" and a beard to do good work like that!! :) Amazing fit of stones.

[Raymond Wand]

Yes it really is a work of art.

The chap with the beard and bottle is the mason who does a lot of stone work for the Queen at Balmoral castle fwiw.

[H.G. Watson, Sr.]

Admirable craftmanship! Thank you for sharing.

[Raymond Wand]

Good evening H.G.

You are welcome.

[Bob Boepple]

Hows the seismic activity in that area????

[Raymond Wand]

Yes but they are all low in scale. The last one Tuesday, at 1:53 p.m, Mother Nature showed up 9 miles outside of Mineral, Va., and ripped a 5.8 magnitude fart.

The photo indicates the extent of the damage. :D

Have felt numerous small earth quakes up here over the years.

[Mark Lockhart]

Admirable craftmanship! Thank you for sharing.

Dry stone walls won't crack in frost heaves, often will last longer than mortared walls.