Dry-stacked Stone Wall: Following the Direction of the Rock Strata

A dry-stacked stone wall. The stones are local layered rock, stacked horizontally with varying thicknesses, deliberately aligned with the exposed natural rock layers nearby; the gaps are narrow and not filled with cement, with varying depths creating distinct shadows on the wall surface. The top edge of the wall is not cut flush but naturally undulates with the size of the stones. It sometimes connects directly to real rock faces, making it indistinguishable where human work begins. Avoid: cutting stones into regular squares, filling and smoothing gaps with cement, making the stacking direction unrelated to the surrounding geology, making the wall top a straight horizontal line.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面乾砌的石牆。石塊是當地的層狀岩,厚薄不一地水平堆疊,堆疊的方向刻意與旁邊露出的天然岩層一致;縫隙細而且不填水泥,深淺的進出在牆面形成明顯的陰影。牆的頂緣不是切齊的,而是隨著石塊的大小自然起伏。它有時直接接上真正的岩壁,分不出哪裡是人做的。避免:把石塊切成規則的方形、用水泥把縫填滿抹平、讓砌築的方向與周圍地質無關、把牆頂做成一條水平直線。