Stone wall

Stone wall

Stone walls are a kind of masonry construction which have been made by man for thousands of years. First they were constructed by farmers and primitive people by piling loose field stones in what is called a dry stone wall, then later with the use of mortar and plaster especially in the construction of city walls, castles, and other fortifications prior to and during the Middle Ages.

ee also

*NIST stone test wall
*Dry-stone wall
*Cathedral
*Castle
*Defensive wall
*Stonemasonry
*Architecture


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