Several mistakes are shown in this wall. Largest stones should be at the bottom. Small stones (A) make poor foundations; C, resting on face sloping outward, will tend to slide downward and outward when the soil is very wet. The soil between D and E will tend to squeeze out of the wall, as the upper face of D slopes outward, leaving E and stones above ill supported.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 87, Issue 2, 15 August 1953, Page 172
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68Several mistakes are shown in this wall. Largest stones should be at the bottom. Small stones (A) make poor foundations; C, resting on face sloping outward, will tend to slide downward and outward when the soil is very wet. The soil between D and E will tend to squeeze out of the wall, as the upper face of D slopes outward, leaving E and stones above ill supported. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 87, Issue 2, 15 August 1953, Page 172
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