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A drystone wall isn't one habitat, it's several, stacked vertically. Each zone has its own microclimate and its own community of species. Taking down a wall is an education in this. Also, occasionally, a surprise toad situation. This week's Drystone Diary is about the fauna of the wall, from stonechats on the cope stones to adders in the foundations. https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/drystone-diary-the-living-wall-fauna #Scotland #DrystoneDiary #UK #Countryside #Nature #Stone #Animals

Time to broaden your drystone horizons! New Drystone Diary: Whose History Is Worth Knowing? From Great Zimbabwe to Sacsayhuamán to the famine walls of the Scottish Highlands. Who gets recognised and who gets erased was, and still is, a story told by the same people about the same people. https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/drystone-diary-history-worth-knowing #DrystoneDiary #History #Nature #World #Scotland #Writing #Craft

For decades, descendants of the people who built Great Zimbabwe were told by colonial archaeologists that they couldn't possibly have built it. This despite all the evidence & Zimbabwe meaning 'houses of stone' in the Shona language. The ancient aliens industry applies the same logic to Sacsayhuamán in Peru. Yet nobody questions who built the impressive structures in Rome or Greece. Sunday's Drystone Diary: Whose History Is Worth Keeping? #DrystoneDiary #Nature #Writing #Scotland #History