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Welcome to the wavy world of walls. The UK is full of them built for various reasons and some are even recently built. Almost like magic they work, as they can stand firmly, built out fewer bricks than the regular straight wall! The curves provide stability while the walls are just one brick wide, where straight walls need two bricks to be stable. They are also called crinkle crankle garden walls, serpentine, and ribbon walls. In the 18th century England, wavy walls were used for growing fruit. Built from East to West, making one side always under the sunrays. Their intriguing design has even more secrets and tricks. Such curves allowed strategic advantages when defending against invaders. Attacking troops would break ranks making themselves open to counterstrikes from defenders. Please enjoy these lovely photos from the UK.