Sentence examples for a layer of stones from inspiring English sources

I lie with my back on a layer of stones, mainly hot but with a few carefully positioned cold ones.

One display in the museum showed how the original Ostia Road was constructed: heavy posts buried deep and cemented in as a base, then a layer of stones, more concrete and finally the paving stones.

With the steel wire meshes in place, a layer of stones (10 cm thick; 20, 10 and 5 mm diameter) was laid to enable even gas to charge.

Put a layer of stones on the bottom of the pot to ensure that the plant has good drainage, and use a high-quality potting mix sold specifically for roses.

Here's the layer of modern detritus, there's a layer of medieval stones and beneath that a layer of prehistoric cobbles.

He lined the stream bed with concrete, adding a layer of small stones, their shape and texture varying as part of his strategy to create different sounds.

Thus Pompeii remained buried under a layer of pumice stones and ash 19 to 23 feet (6 to 7 metres) deep.

So, here goes: start with a layer of large stones, two feet thick, topped by an inch of gravel, five more of clinker — residue from volcanic rock that can absorb and retain water — and a top strata of limestone.

Large tracts of the Knersvlakte are covered by a layer of quartz stones (Figure 1A), within which a distinct quartz field flora occurs (Schmiedel 2002).

In a conventional railway track, the rails are laid on sleepers, usually made of concrete, which are supported by a layer of coarse stones known as ballast.

The burial was laid out upon a layer of large stones and was accompanied by a plate and other ceramics as a funerary offering.