Dry stone
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Dry stone, dry laid in the US, or drystack or, in Scotland and Northern England, drystane, is a method of building structures from stones without any mortar to bind them together. A certain amount of
Dry stone walls in the Yorkshire Dales, England
Partially damaged passageway in the Great Enclosure of Great Zimbabwe
Daorson in Bosnia and Herzegovina
"Cabane de Malais" at Souvignargues, Gard, France
Great Zimbabwe
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Great Zimbabwe was a city in the south-eastern hills of the modern country of Zimbabwe, near Masvingo. It was settled from around 1000 AD, and served as the capital of the Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe fr
Dry stone
…In Belize, the Mayan ruins at Lubaantun illustrate use of dry stone construction in architecture of the 8th and 9th centuries AD. Great Zimbabwe in modern Zimbabwe is a large city complex constructed in dry stone from the 11th to the 15th centuries AD. It is the largest of structures of similar…
Tower in the Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe
The conical tower inside the Great Enclosure at Great Zimbabwe
Overview of Great Zimbabwe. The large walled construction is the Great Enclosure. Some remains of the valley complex can be seen in front of it.
Aerial view of the Great Enclosure and Valley Complex, looking west