Another budget-friendly option is dry-stacked stone walls, which don't require mortar or concrete -- we'll get into these more later. By carefully selecting stones that fit well together ...

surrounding their property with stacked pieces of stone. Today, Amherst Island boasts the largest collection of Irish dry stone walls outside of Ireland, with ruins found all over the island.

A four-mile (7km) dry stone wall is being built to help a major new commuter road blend into its Cotswolds surroundings. Twelve stonemasons have already spent a year constructing the wall ...