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Heritage Open Days: Dry stone walling demonstration

Get hands-on with traditional crafts alongside our resident team of dry stone wallers. See their skills in action and have a go yourself.

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  • Free event

Get hands-on with traditional crafts alongside our resident team of dry stone wallers. See their skills in action and have a go yourself.

Traditional skills have played an important role in shaping the estate's landscape and character. Meet our resident team of experienced dry stone walling volunteers, who have been repairing walls across the estate, and watch them demonstrate their craft on a small wall near Earl's Seat. Chat to the team about their work and have a go yourself.

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The paths are a combination of hard-standing and grassy, some bumpy in places. The golf buggy will be running all day. For more information please visit the Accessibility page on our website.

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