If you had a retaining tire wall.

My kitchen which used to be a washhouse and coal house is now joined to the house and is set into the bankside. I had to build a retaining wall between mysef and next door (to stop there patio from sliding onto my land)) and  a dry stone wall set into the bankside to allow me access to the rear of the house.

Luckily the brick retaining wall is only 1 metre high and the dry stone wall is even less. I will eventually train ivy or summat over the brick work and the dry stone wall looks OK as it is.