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2. Sett (paving) - Wikipedia

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   A sett, also known as a block or Belgian block, [1] is a broadly rectangular quarried stone used in paving roads and walkways. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Formerly in widespread use, particularly on steeper streets because setts provided horses' hooves with better grip than a smooth surface, they are now encountered more usually as decorative stone paving in ...

3. 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.

4. Pavers (flooring) - Wikipedia

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   Concrete paver blocks laid in a circular pattern Concrete paver blocks in a rectangular pattern. A paver is a paving stone, tile, [1] brick [2] or brick-like piece of concrete commonly used as exterior flooring. They are generally placed on top of a foundation which is made of layers of compacted stone and sand.

5. Clunch - Wikipedia

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   Flint and the pale stone, clunch used together in a checkerboard pattern on the wall of the side chapel at St Michael's Church, Mickleham, Surrey.. Clunch is a traditional building material of chalky limestone rock used mainly in eastern England and Normandy.

6. Ashlar - Wikipedia

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   The blocks were laid randomly without continuous courses or vertical and horizontal joints. Ashlar (/ ˈ æ ʃ l ər /) is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. [1]

7. Massive precut stone - Wikipedia

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   Massive-precut stone is a modern stonemasonry method of building with load-bearing stone. [1] Precut stone is a DFMA construction method that uses large machine-cut dimension stone blocks with precisely defined dimensions to rapidly assemble buildings in which stone is used as a major or the sole load-bearing material.