Rubble masonry

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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

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


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