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Contents

Ed……………………………………….…………………….2

From the Chair

An update from the Wales Branch of the Dry Stone Walling Association

David Cope……………………………………………… 3

‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’  

The building of an Arizona Watch tower, from concept to execution.

David F Wilson…………………………………………4 . 

Awakening the Giant

A theory as to how the Moai of Rapa Nui ‘walked’. The bulk of this article is based upon one which first appeared in the Rapa Nui Journal, The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation, Vol. 26, Oct. 2012. 

Vincent R. Lee, architect…………….……………14   

The Borvemhor Black House - Isle of Harris

Stonechat revists the first ever pinnacle award recipient 25 years on… well, 25 years when the article was submitted!

Neil Rippingale………………………………………..25

Mallorca: A Hidden Miracle, Well Worth Discovering

We visit 3 different stone huts or Barracas (2 herdsmen shelters and a charcoal burners hut), an ice house, and a well on Mallorca

Borut Juvanec…….....................................27

Punta Nati: Saving Heritage

Sean Adcock adapts and expands an article by Mela Sánchez in a look at how endangered stone buildings in Punta Nati, Menorca have been safeguarded.

Sean Adcock & Mela Sánchez...................35

Stone Foundation @ Cottonwood Falls

In 2017 the Stone Foundation held carving, fabrication and construction workshops to build a community garden in Kansas.

Zach Johnson………………………………………....42 

What a shower!

What better to do on the hottest day of the year than build a dry stone shower with a group of students.

John Shaw-Rimmington.............................45

Masterclass: Fat Tony and the Art of Coursing: Part 3. Mind the Gap

Building on Fat Tonies - revisiting the problem of one on three, and closing the gap...’ 

Sean Adcock..............................................47

References……………………………………………...50