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1. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped very large blocks, sometimes approximating to polygons, dressed sufficiently for them to fit tightly together, without mortar, called Megalithic or Pelasgic. Found in Antiquity, it was also occasionally used by later architects to suggest very early origins, or rock-like foundations, as in the plinth of ‘Greek’ Thomson's Caledonia Road Church, Glasgow (1856).
2. Rock-faced masonry, intended to appear like roughly quarried stones, but in fact dressed with rough surfaces for effect.
1. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped very large blocks, sometimes approximating to polygons, dressed sufficiently for them to fit tightly together, without mortar, called Megalithic or Pelasgic. Found in Antiquity, it was also occasionally used by later architects to suggest very early origins, or rock-like foundations, as in the plinth of ‘Greek’ Thomson's Caledonia Road Church, Glasgow (1856).
2. Rock-faced masonry, intended to appear like roughly quarried stones, but in fact dressed with rough surfaces for effect.
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