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2. Stone wall - Wikipedia

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   The first stone walls were constructed by farmers and primitive people by piling loose field stones into a dry stone wall. Later, mortar and plaster were used, especially in the construction of city walls, castles, and other fortifications before and during the Middle Ages. These stone walls are spread throughout the world in different forms.

3. Stone slab - Wikipedia

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   The main applications of the slabs as material of construction are for pavings and in the construction of roofs. They can be employed for other uses, among them: Balconies formed from a slab; Dry stone constructions of: walls, caves, rooms. The base of some fireplaces are built with stone slabs (a big one or some smaller together).

4. Polygonal masonry - Wikipedia

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   Polygonal masonry is a technique of stone wall construction. True polygonal masonry is a technique wherein the visible surfaces of the stones are dressed with straight sides or joints, giving the block the appearance of a polygon.

5. Carrstone - Wikipedia

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   Carrstone (or carstone, also known as Silsoe, heathstone, ironstone or gingerbread) is a sedimentary sandstone conglomerate formed during the Cretaceous period. It varies in colour from light to dark rusty ginger. Used as a building stone it can be found in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and extensively in the historic buildings of northwest ...

6. Rubble masonry - Wikipedia

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   The Greeks called the construction technique emplekton [4] [5] and made particular use of it in the construction of the defensive walls of their poleis. The Romans made extensive use of rubble masonry, calling it opus caementicium , because caementicium was the name given to the filling between the two revetments .

7. Massive precut stone - Wikipedia

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   The building will use massive Sicilian basalt stones with precut ends for post-and-lintel construction. In 2021, Barrault Pressacco announced they had won a competition to build 58 apartments in Paris 13, with a design for a 50-m mass-stone building. [66]