Rubble masonry

Section of wall faced with cut stone and rubble masonry fill

Rubble masonry is rough, unhewn building stone set in mortar, but not laid in regular courses.^[1] It may appear as the outer surface of a wall or may fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or cut stone.

Gallery

The wall at Grave Circle A, Helladic cemetery of Mycenae, Greece, 16th century BCE
Rubble masonry core of the unfinished Alai Minar in the Qutb complex, India, c. 1316 CE

References

↑ A Dictionary of Architecture, Fleming, Honour, & Pevsner

Stonemasonry

Types	Ashlar Carving Dry stone Masonry Monumental Rubble Sculpture Slipform

Materials	List of stone Artificial stone Brick Cast stone Decorative stones Dimension stone Fieldstone Flagstone Gabion Granite Marble Mortar Sandstone Slate

Tools	Angle grinder Bush hammer Ceramic tile cutter Chisel Diamond blade Lewis (lifting appliance) Non-explosive demolition agents Plug and feather Stonemason's hammer Straightedge

Techniques	Brickwork Flaming Flushwork Knapping Polygonal masonry Repointing Scabbling Tuckpointing

Products	Hardstone carving Headstone (Footstone) Mosaic Sculpture Stone wall

Organizations	International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland Mason Contractors Association of America Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association Worshipful Company of Masons

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