What is the name of this type of dry stone wall?

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If indeed it is a type of dry stone wall... Somebody popped round a year or so ago and explained that this garden wall that goes around our rockery has a particular name - I should have made a note of it at the time, of course. He said it was an intricate, bespoke job and cost a lot to do, but knew someone local who could.

I'm interested because we need the area around our house resurfaced and that may mean taking out the wall. I'd like to be able to replace it if possible. Does anyone know the name of this intricately designed wall?

It's not dry stone as it looks like it is all cemented in place. Dry stone is much nicer and has no cement.

I think the technical description might be "rubble walling".

Dry stone wall or dyke has no morter.

Is it maybe a round stone mortar wall?

I also think it’s a rubble wall. It’s not a dry stone one.

“Dry” in the wall context means no cement. It’s a random flint rubble wall. I don’t think that one has been professionally laid - too much cement, too little flint

I'm not sure you could make a wall with such irregularly shaped stones that didn't have cement.
It looks effective.

It’s not a dry stone wall.

I don’t know if there’s a specific name but to my eye it looks like a load of differently coloured, irregularly sized rocks cemented (badly) together.

I think it looks very poorly done tbh and if it has to come down I’d pay the money to have a proper dry stone wall or an attractive cemented wall built properly instead.

Thanks everyone! I find the wall quite charming - it's around 60 years old so not done too badly. But a proper dry stone wall might be the way forward!

I think it is an imitation of a cob or flint wall. A very traditional way of building walls in some parts of the country, but I think yours is someone’s home made version.

The "horrible tree mess" thread has reminded me of the advantage of a dry stone wall - not just saving money on cement, but they do have the capacity to tolerate a certain amount of movement. Round here, there is the custom of cementing the capping stones in place, and I often see walls where a bit of the ground has shifted, and the wall with it, leaving the cemented cap stones form a bridge over empty space. Wall is still perfectly stable, apart from the fact that its capping stones are no longer in contact.