At the 14 foot height the wall is leveled off and metal brackets are installed to hold the ring beam that will form the base for the roof's rafter system.

If the mortar dries too rapidly on a hot day, the stonemasons add extra water to bring it back to its proper consistency.

12 September 2009 - A row of metal pockets for the loft floor joists are set in place before the next layer of stones is installed.

View from the south - for the first time, the entire visible section of the reconstructed Bell Barn stone wall has now reached the 14 foot height.

At the 14 foot level, the top of the stone wall is now made perfectly level in line with the top of the hay loft door rough bucks.

Looking in the opposite direction, towards the east hay loft door frame, the centre of the wall still needs to be filled in.

From Highway 56, the full 14 foot height of the reconstructed wall can be seen as it extends from the south door on the left to the east hay loft door rough buck.

A band of dark heavy clouds builds up in the southwest as a major storm moves in from Montana and prepares to inundate southern Saskatchewan.

Inside the barn, the metal pockets for the loft floor joists are shown above the small square windows.

14 September 2009 - From inside the barn, each small square window provides only a small glimpse of what lies beyond - here a colourful sunset.

Stonemasons added the finishing touches to the wall segment between the north door and the west hay loft window rough buck.

Any roughness to the mortar surface is brushed smooth as the final task before moving on to the next area.

Before the stonemasonry work ends, general labourer Michael

Sunrises and sunsets will provide special lighting effects on the small square windows, and vary with the seasons.

Two of the square 8 x 8 inch square windows turn a bright red as the setting sun reflects off the wood frames.

Sunset at the almost completed reconstruction of the Bell Barn.

15 September 2009 - From the southwest, the Bell Barn stone wall reconstruction is basically finished, and the Gracom Masonry crew has removed the accompanying scaffolding and some of the rocks surrounding the exterior of the wall.

With trowel in one hand, and a stone in the other, the Hon. Lynda Haverstock, Honorary Patron of the Bell Barn Society, gets ready to lay one of the last stones on top of the reconstructed round stone wall.

23 September 2009 - The stonemasons close in from both sides to complete the top of the wall.