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I’m going to refuse to tempt fate as far as my wall goes. Some of what I did at the start of the wall wasn’t strictly in accordance with best practice. It seems solid but there’s more I could have done to get more strength into it. As long as it outlasts our time in the house, I’ll be happy.
A well built wall shouldn’t go anywhere within 100 years unless animals, traffic, subsidence or the weather get to it.
I’ve heard of guys who have rebuilt walls at places like Chatsworth House and Lyme Park who have found tiny tobacco clay pipes inside which probably dates them to the 1700s.
Mortar will get pushed out over time. Stone shouldn’t go anywhere.