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
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