Sentence examples for masonry altar from inspiring English sources

Stela 26 was found in the summit shrine of Temple 34, underneath a broken masonry altar.

Stela 26 originally stood at the foot of this temple but was broken, probably at the beginning of the Late Classic period, and dragged up the temple steps to be places under a masonry altar within the summit shrine.

Certain features, however, distinguish Anglo-Saxon architecture: the frequent use of timber for construction; a square, eastern termination (a feature revived in English Gothic churches) instead of the almost universal apse, or semicircular projection, behind the altar; and certain distinctive masonry techniques.

Masonry built.

On top of the famous masonry "pier" constructed on the rocky edge of the river's central channel there lies a slab which may well have been an altar.

Especially for masonry.

Damage to weak masonry.

masonrySandstone block masonry.

At Chichén are found flat beam and masonry roofs (contrasting sharply with the typical Maya corbeled vault), serpent columns, colonnaded halls attached to the bases of temples, altars with Atlantean figures, sculptured representations of skulls and crossbones, marching felines, canines and raptorial birds devouring human hearts, and depictions of warriors with typical Toltec accoutrements.

Weak plaster and masonry cracks.

Damage to masonry; partial collapse.