c1702 C. Fiennes (1888) ii. iii. 83 You scarce see a tree and No hedges all over ye Country, only dry stone walls.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i. (note) , in 1st Ser. II. 13 Called, by the vulgar, a dry-stane dyke.
1878 C. R. Conder 312 Siloam—a most disappointing pool with dry-stone walls and a little muddy water.