The water streams through faucets in the face of a wall of ancient masonry which stands removed from the houses of the village.

Chibottes (ancient dry masonry constructions)

Only the sockets of the missing stone treads remained, black in the ancient masonry.

The floor rolled as a heavy portion of the palace's ancient masonry collapsed nearby.

This was ancient masonry, his torch told him; and upon the dripping walls he saw the unwholesome moss of centuries.

As it passed by, he saw what it was a piece of ancient masonry.

In either ease, the effects of modern explosives were out of proportion to the strength of ancient masonry.

Sometimes, on these walks, I would stumble over nearly buried fragments of the ancient masonry.

The keep grew out of the sheer cliff; it was hard to see where the unhewn rock ended and the ancient masonry began.

The distance he needed to cover was not far, only a few hundred feet at most, but the going was treacherous on the ancient, slime-encrusted masonry.