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| Valle StoneWorks, Inc. |
| Introducing Valle StoneWorks, Inc., a family owned business serving Loudoun County and the surrounding area, dedicated to the construction of fine stone structures that will stand the test of time. We are proud to continue the traditions of fine craftsman whose work graces the Loudoun countryside. Let us bring that tradition to your home. |
| We specialize in Restoration and Repair (including the use of traditional lime mortars) New Construction and Repair of Drystack Walls Patios - Walls - Entrances - Garden Paths - Foundations - Homes |
14112 Taylorstown Road . Leesburg, VA. 20176 Phone: 703.771.2317 Fax: 703.443.2042
"Of all fences, the most enduring and the most satisfying to
the eye is the stone wall. If its foundation is well laid, it may
last as long as the world, --which indeed, it may slowly sink
into ; or the accumulating layers of earth may in years
cover it ; but it will still be a wall -- a grassy ridge with a
core of stone... When the stones of which it is built are
gathered from the fields, as they generally are, they are of
infinite variety, brought from the far north by glaciers,
washed up by the waves of ancient seas, and tumbled
down to the lower lands from the overhanging ledges.
Lumps of grey granite and gneiss, and dull red blocks of
sandstone, fragments of blue limestone, and only a
geologist knows how many others, mostly with
smooth-worn sides and rounded corners and edges. All
together they make a line of beautifully variegated color
and of light and shade. One old wall that I know of has
been a rich mine for a brood of callow geologists, who
have pecked it and overhauled it and looked and talked
most wisely over its stones, and called them names hard
enough to break their stony hearts.
Tales of Yesterday's New England
Frank Oppel (ed), 1880
the eye is the stone wall. If its foundation is well laid, it may
last as long as the world, --which indeed, it may slowly sink
into ; or the accumulating layers of earth may in years
cover it ; but it will still be a wall -- a grassy ridge with a
core of stone... When the stones of which it is built are
gathered from the fields, as they generally are, they are of
infinite variety, brought from the far north by glaciers,
washed up by the waves of ancient seas, and tumbled
down to the lower lands from the overhanging ledges.
Lumps of grey granite and gneiss, and dull red blocks of
sandstone, fragments of blue limestone, and only a
geologist knows how many others, mostly with
smooth-worn sides and rounded corners and edges. All
together they make a line of beautifully variegated color
and of light and shade. One old wall that I know of has
been a rich mine for a brood of callow geologists, who
have pecked it and overhauled it and looked and talked
most wisely over its stones, and called them names hard
enough to break their stony hearts.
Tales of Yesterday's New England
Frank Oppel (ed), 1880
