Wall with no foundations?

[HeidiHi]

Hi, I have a 1900s mid terrace with a 5-6 foot wall around the yard. The walls are party walls with our neighbours and extend from the house walls

We wanted to lay some flags in the yard so dug up the existing concrete and discovered that one wall has a stretch approx 2m long where it doesn't have any foundations and appears to be built on top of the soil

The wall eventually does get foundations when it joins with the house, so I was just wondering why part of the wall doesn't have foundations, and what we should do to fix it.

Here are some pics- I don't know if they will help as it's not that easy to see

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• HeidiHi
• 9 Jun 2015
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• HeidiHi
• 9 Jun 2015
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• HeidiHi
• 9 Jun 2015
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Any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

There's no foundation because they didn't give such things any thought back then, just like thousands of other garden walls, you don't need to do anything unless it's falling over, after all it's stood for 100 odd years without one.