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.

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the wall at Grave Circle A, Helladic cemetery of Mycenae, Greece, dating 16th century BC
Rubble masonry core of the unfinished Alai Minar at India, dating ca 1316 CE.

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

v t e Stonemasonry

Types	Masonry Ashlar Monumental Rubble Slipform Carving Sculpture

Materials	List of stone Artificial stone Brick Cast stone Decorative stones Dimension stone Fieldstone Flagstone Gabions 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	Knapping Flushwork Repointing Scabbling Tuckpointing

Products	Hardstone carving Gravestone 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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