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Rubble masonry or rubble stone is rough, uneven building stone not laid in regular courses.Fleming, Honour, & Pevsner. A Dictionary of Architecture. It may form an outer surface of a wall, or fill the core of a wall which is faced with unit masonry such as brick or ashlar. Some medieval cathedral walls have outer shells of ashlar with an inner backfill of mortarless rubble and dirt.
The Greeks called the technique of constructing two parallel walls filled with a core of rubble or other infill emplekton,RA Tomlinson (1961). "Emplekton Masonry and 'Greek Structura. The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 81. pp. 133–140.Nic Fields & Brian Delf. Ancient Greek fortifications 500–300 BC. Osprey Publishing, 2006. notably used erecting defensive walls of their poleis.
The Romans made extensive use of rubble masonry, calling it opus caementicium, after the name ( caementicium) given to the filling between two . The technique continued to be used over the centuries, particularly for defensive walls and large works during Middle Ages times.
In contrast, modern construction frequently uses cast concrete with an internal steel reinforcement, which allows for greater elasticity and provides excellent static and seismic resistance.A. Acocella (1989). The Architecture of Brick Facing. Rome.
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