Sentence examples for cut stonework from inspiring English sources

It sits on a fist of limestone at 3,000 feet, rising like some Machu Picchu of the Pyrenees; even the massive cut stonework seems to evoke Inca masonry.

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SIENA, Italy — Cut into the stonework of the imposing Palazzo Salimbeni is a name that has been entwined with the fortunes of this Tuscan city for five centuries: Monte dei Paschi, or Mount of the Pastures.

The castle itself was occupied by a unit of the Royal Armoured Corps, who served as observers; the soldiers appear to have relied on the stone walls for protection rather than trenches, and, unusually, no additional firing points were cut out of the stonework, as typically happened elsewhere.

Bruce's houses were predominantly built using well-cut ashlar masonry on the façades; rubble stonework was used only for internal walls.

These houses were predominantly built using well-cut ashlar masonry on the façades, while rubble stonework was used only for internal walls.

The stonework is made up of shale rubble with cut ashlar detailing; the walls are around 4 m thick, but the keep's foundations are extremely shallow.

"I am interested in stonework," she said.

The chalk in the stonework deteriorates.

Handsome stonework fortifies the old ramparts.

The accident dangerously loosened surrounding stonework.