mortarless

"Many of the building blocks weigh 50 tons or more yet are so precisely sculpted and fitted together with such exactitude that the mortarless joints will not permit the insertion of even a thin knife blade."

Olga Bonfiglio: Travelogue: 100th Anniversary Of Machu Picchu Discovery Olga Bonfiglio 2012

"Many of the building blocks weigh 50 tons or more yet are so precisely sculpted and fitted together with such exactitude that the mortarless joints will not permit the insertion of even a thin knife blade."

Olga Bonfiglio: Travelogue: 100th Anniversary Of Machu Picchu Discovery Olga Bonfiglio 2012

The mortarless rock resisted, then toppled slowly.

Father Swarat Matt Dennison 2010

Several mortarless stone walls separated the property from the one next to it.

American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

Several mortarless stone walls separated the property from the one next to it.

American Legacy C. David Heymann 2007

The mortarless rock resisted, then toppled slowly.

The Dragons of Chaos Weis, Margaret 1997

They were roughly cut, but fit with no less precision than the other mortarless jointwork elsewhere in the palace.

Temple of the Winds Goodkind, Terry 1997

A little to his surprise the smux seemed almost eager to go, climbing over his fingers to latch foreclaws into one of the mortarless divisions between the blocks.

Flight in Yiktor Norton, Andre 1986

As they drew nearer it was clear that the obstacle was Tranmade, its great stones and blocks neatly piled with mortarless masonry to form a wall stretching across the ice strait like a granite web.

Mission to Moulokin Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1979

Only the front or eastern side of the structure was coated with the precious turquoise; the other sides of the column were of plain, fairly well fitted, mortarless stone blocks.

The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure