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Bob Harvey

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Crinkle-crankle or serpantine walls :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - geograph.org.uk/gallery/crinkl

A simple of serpentine walls, built to enhance rigidity without piers or buttresses, and with the added advantage of little sheltered pockets for planting espaliers.

I attach a couple of samples, attribution in the alt text.

Crinkle crankle wall, Fulbourn cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bob Jones - geograph.org.uk/p/1259187 A 3 foot high version on a house garden, showing the wiggly shape. It can be this low, because the enclosed garden is lower than the footpath
Crinkle-Crankle Wall in Bramfield cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Nat Bocking - geograph.org.uk/p/108876 A crinkle-crankle wall is also known called a serpentine wall. It is built only one brick thick thus saving materials but because of its shape it is very strong and durable and provides shelter for delicate plants. Seen from an elevated position to reveal the shape
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