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    Stone walls are a kind of masonry construction that has been used for thousands of years. The first stone walls were constructed by farmers and primitive...
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    dry stone walls, since covered in peat, has been carbon-dated to 3800 BC. The cyclopean walls of the acropolis of Mycenae, Greece, have been dated to 1350...
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    walls Defensive walls in fortifications Permanent, solid fences Retaining walls, which hold back dirt, stone, water, or noise sound Stone walls Walls...
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    Wallsend on the River Tyne in the east to Bowness-on-Solway in the west of what is now northern England, it was a stone wall with large ditches in front of it...
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    her pen name Mary Casal, was an American writer known for writing The Stone Wall, the first known autobiography of a lesbian woman in the United States...
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  • Stonewall (redirect from Stone Wall)
    Stonewall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stonewall or Stone wall may refer to: Stone wall, a kind of masonry construction Stonewalling, engaging in...
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  • Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, which stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, and Martin...
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    Stonemasonry (redirect from Stone masonry)
    cities were built of stone. Famous works of stonemasonry include Göbekli Tepe, the Egyptian pyramids, the Taj Mahal, Cusco's Incan Wall, Easter Island's statues...
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    The twelve-angled stone is an archeological artifact in Cuzco, Peru. It was part of a stone wall of an Inca palace, and is considered to be a national heritage...
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    fortifications to defend their own borders. Built to withstand the attack of small arms such as swords and spears, these walls were made mostly of stone or by...
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  • Never Sleeps) is a 2010 American drama film directed by Oliver Stone, a sequel to Wall Street (1987). It stars Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin...
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    referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China, Walls of Benin, Hadrian's Wall, Anastasian Wall, and...
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    together to form mounds, cairns, or sometimes long walls, as an offering to spirits of place or genius loci. Creating and carving mani stones as devotional...
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    and present to a lesser extent on Mallorca. In the ancient city of Rājagṛha (now Rajgir, Bihar, India), cyclopean walls can be seen. Dry stone Megalithic...
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    Stonewall Inn (redirect from Stone Wall Inn)
    continued to host a bakery until 1933, while the Ycre family lived on the second floor. Meanwhile, Vincent Bonavia had opened Bonnie's Stone Wall (or Bonnie's...
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    a fierce Union assault. Thus Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. compared him to a "stone wall", which became his enduring nickname. He performed exceptionally well...
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    The Antonine Wall (Latin: Vallum Antonini) was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland...
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    Masonry wall trees refer to trees grown from openings in masonry stone retaining walls. In alleviating hazards from landslides, many slopes adjacent to main...
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  • Stone Wall is an escarpment overlooking the Murchison River Gorge about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-east of Kalbarri in Mid West Western Australia. It...
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    entire wall's width, from the outer to the inner wall. Such stones are especially used to lock two wall layers structurally together. Usually stone walls are...
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