Civil Engineering Stonework

Stone masonry for civil engineering projects in Cork & Ireland

Natural Stone Masonry Ltd is a specialist stone masonry subcontractor working alongside civil engineering contractors on roads, infrastructure and public realm schemes. We deliver the stone package — stone-faced retaining walls, boundary and parapet walls, coping and reclaimed stone facing — built to drawing, to programme and to infrastructure standards. We are a fix-only specialist: stone is supplied by the main contractor, and we provide the labour, plant and supervision to fix it.

1,700 m²+Delivered on civil engineering contracts
23+ yrsStone masonry experience in Ireland
€6.5m / €13mPublic & Employers Liability cover
Scope

What we deliver on civil schemes

STONE-FACED RETAINING WALLS

Stone facing to blockwork and reinforced concrete retaining structures, built to engineer's detail with correct ties, cavity fill and drainage provision.

BOUNDARY & ROADSIDE WALLS

New boundary walls to road schemes, including tie-ins to existing walls and matching of local stone character.

COPING & PARAPETS

Castellated, flat and rounded coping to specification, plus parapet walling on structures and approaches.

RECLAIM & RE-USE

Careful take-down of existing roadside walls, sorting and re-use of the original stone — often a planning or heritage requirement.

LABOUR & SUPERVISION

Directly employed masons with our own hand plant and supervision on site, plus established subcontract crews available at short notice to scale up on larger packages.

WORKING TO PROGRAMME

Experienced in phased road schemes with traffic management, live services and restricted working windows.

Track record

Civil engineering projects

Currently on site

Water Rock Road Upgrade — Midleton, Co. Cork

Delivering the natural stone package for the upgrade of Water Rock Road, part of the Water Rock LIHAF Initiative for Cork County Council, designed by AtkinsRéalis and funded under Project Ireland 2040. Working with McGinty & O'Shea Ltd, the scope covers stone-faced retaining and boundary walls up to 1.8m high with castellated coping, and reclaiming existing roadside stone for re-use. Approximately 650 m² of stone facing, on site since July 2026 and delivered by our own crew to the main contractor’s programme.

Cork County CouncilAtkinsRéalisMcGinty & O'Shea Ltd650 m²Project Ireland 2040
Stone faced retaining wall under construction, Water Rock Road Midleton
Stonemasons building roadside stone facing at Water Rock, Midleton
Reclaimed stone facing to blockwork retaining wall, Water Rock Road
Water Rock Road upgrade scheme, Midleton — new roadside stone walls
Completed

M28 Ringaskiddy Motorway Scheme — Co. Cork

600 m² of random rubble limestone boundary and retaining walls to the motorway alignment, with upright coping dressed on three faces. Delivered for Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd over 9 weeks on site and completed within programme on a live civil engineering site.

Sorensen Civil Engineering600 m²9 weeks on siteCompleted July 2026
M28 Motorway natural stone wall, Ringaskiddy
M28 Motorway stone wall with Natural Stone Masonry signage
M28 Motorway roadside stone walling
M28 Motorway natural stone boundary wall
Long run of dry stone boundary walling with upright coping, M28 Ringaskiddy scheme, Co. Cork
Natural stone boundary wall with castellated coping on the M28 Ringaskiddy motorway scheme, Co. Cork
Completed

Celtic Interconnector — Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork

480 m² of stone boundary walling reinstated along the cable route of the Celtic Interconnector, Ireland's electricity interconnection project with France. Walls were rebuilt following their removal for installation works, again for Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd.

Sorensen Civil Engineering480 m²Energy infrastructureCompleted July 2026
Dry stone wall with upright coping rebuilt on the Celtic Interconnector route, Co. Cork
Stone wall reconstruction in progress on the Celtic Interconnector, Co. Cork
Rebuilding a roadside dry stone wall, Celtic Interconnector works
Completed roadside stone wall along the Celtic Interconnector route, Co. Cork
For main contractors

Working with us

Natural Stone Masonry Ltd is an Irish registered company (CRO 820510), VAT registered and operating within the RCT system as both subcontractor and principal contractor. Public Liability cover of €6.5m and Employers Liability of €13m are in place through Accelerant Insurance Europe SA. All operatives hold Safe Pass and Manual Handling certification. A current company Safety Statement is in place and reviewed annually, with task-specific RAMS and method statements issued for every project before commencement. Nil reportable incidents in the last three years.

Named referees available on request — contracts managers at Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd and the project manager at McGinty & O'Shea Ltd. Company prequalification documentation, insurance certificates and tax clearance can be issued on request for tender submissions.

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Also see our stonework for housing developments.

For enquiries on stone packages, call 086 218 0325 or email info@naturalstonemasonry.ie.

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