Sentences with phrase «build a stone wall»

Putney seemed cool, because it was a place where you would drive oxen through the woods, build stone walls, do cross-country skiing.
But he probably also built stone walls and helped with house construction.
Staking your property lines by building a stone wall or installing fences should deter anyone from entering the area and causing damage or complaining about being injured by your animals.
Take Your Workouts Out of the Gym: Simple and Safe «Natural» Strength Training for Bones and Muscles Clearly, activities such as chopping wood, building stone walls or lifting weights, can...
Walk along Cuzco's central streets, lined with massive Inca - built stone walls that form the foundation of the city and blend into the colonial and modern architecture that has been added over the years.
Walk along the central streets, lined with massive Inca - built stone walls.
«There may have been a time in the courts of this country when building stone walls in response to discovery requests, hiding both the information sought and even the facts about its existence, was the norm (although never the proper course of action).

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«It would be considerable amounts of stone and concrete and cement,» says Nye, about building the border wall.
It is estimated to have taken about 200 years to build the entire stone - wall network.
Covered with signature CSU stone and metal wall panels, the high bay storage area will occupy roughly two - thirds of the building.
Then in a beautiful kitchen terrace built in stone walls and wooden ceilings, take a 4 course meal «hands on» class, guided by our chef, and learn to cook succulent dishes from the Mexican and Mediterranean cuisine.
Formed of natural stone and built against the wall of an indoor basketball court, the wall provides a safe environment to learn basic climbing skills or just to keep in shape during the winter months.
On Clark Island, the Park District will restore the 70 - year - old stone picnic shelter and footbridges, remove the wooden stage attached to the shelter and build a seating wall with steps for spectators to use during Shakespeare in the Park performances.
In the last few decades, residents of the island have increasingly used the ancient stones to build walls to shield their homes and livelihoods from pounding waves and creeping sea water.
«[People] have even started using the stones from the ancient ruins on Lelu Island to build [sea] walls.
It appears the stones were deliberately toppled and buried when the bank was built around Durrington Walls, for reasons that are unclear.
Wherever possible, farmers built dams and canals to irrigate cropland; they also built terraced stone walls on hillsides to make new fields; and they drained the swamps outside Tenochtitlán to create raised fields (chinampas), one of the most highly productive agricultural systems of the ancient world.
Other details of the city such as graffiti on the walls of buildings and raised stones in the streets that people would walk on when it rained were «very characteristic» of the city, she says.
Dating from about 300 B.C., the ruins — three concentric stone walls that circle a fortress complex and 13 towers on a nearby hill — most likely were built by the Chavin, a pre-Incan civilization of llama tamers, farmers, and traders.
My super handy father helped us to build the stacked stone fireplace wall.
Walk out basement boasts built - in bar featuring stained wood cabinets adorned with oil - rubbed bronze hardware alongside quartzite counters and gray walls over light stone tiled floors.
For example, in Toronto, virtually all houses with stone foundation walls were built before 1930.
Some common causes of this irritation can be due to the cat retaining urine for an extended amount of time, the presence of stones or crystals which rub against the bladder wall, or infectious organisms that have built up inside the bladder.
Indoors, exposed beams and natural stone walls serve as a reminder of the building's history, while smooth white decor and simple, stylish furniture create a loft - like living experience.
The comfortable feel continues in the ground - floor great room, where polished stone floors and fresh white walls set off a roomy built - in sectional, a formal dining area with a rich - hued wood table and chairs and a fully equipped kitchen with state - of - the - art appliances and a breakfast bar.
Michelozzo, Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, Baldassarre Peruzzi, Vignola are only some of the names contributing to the urban aspect of Montepulciano, whose main buildings are mostly included within its city walls: the elegant Piazza Grande with its Palaces and the Cathedral; the long artery that under different names winds through the city, ranging along its sides sixteenth century or medieval façades, renaissance churches, and even sculptured stones dating back from the etruscan times; the charming little squares and the narrow, romantic passages.
In the living room, beamed ceilings, stone walls and a built - in sofa create a traditional spot to gather, but you can also open the wide Parota wood doors and nap on the wicker sofa while enjoying the ocean breeze.
WHAT IT»S LIKE: Built in the style of a seaman's manor, Oyster Residences evokes the town's quaint traditional architecture with its stone walls and an olive tree — shaded courtyard.
This means that buildings are sprouting up from the ground and walls are growing higher as workers lay more stones atop the originals.
Its buildings had 2 and even 3 floors, with high walls made of stones jointed with mud, which were wide at their base and narrow on top.
Machu Picchu, the stone city, built by the Inca Pachakuteq, is now one of the Modern World's Seven Wonders, protected by the Young Mountain; the impressive Waynapicchu, situated among abrupt mountains and almost inaccessible places, presenting a set of buildings, such as the Main Square, groups of houses, stairways, towers, walls, water fountains, where ceremonial places stand out, such as the Intiwatana (Solar observatory), the Temple of the Three Windows, the Sacred Temple, etc., and all of this built with an incredible urban harmony, in such a hostile place, demonstrating the advanced development level of Incan engineering.
A scenic drive takes us to the town of Ston, with one of the longest defensive stone walls in Europe, built to protect salt ponds that brought wealth to the Dubrovnik republic.
The stone building, with walls of half a metre thick has been restored and renovated into a real character B&B and art gallery.
Built into the stone walls either side you'll find two sheltered porches.
Though the property's stone walls have crossed the landscape for centuries, Finca Ses Dragones was built in 2006 and recently renovated.
Step into the family house built with multi-hued stone walls and be greeted by beautifully stenciled wooden floors.
Originally built in 1763 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the peaceful property overlooks a wonderland of fields, stone walls, and saltwater marsh flats.
Classic meets modern at Grupo Habita's cool boutique hotel, where the colonial building's volcanic stone walls and handmade tiles playfully blend with... Read More
Amongst the medieval buildings of Estonia's capital Tallinn you'll see modern restaurants amongst carved stone walls, colourful boutiques and innovative galleries.
The crews built masonry stone walls around local springs at each location.
Caire's legacy is visible on the island in brick and stone ranch buildings, the groves of ornamental trees and fruit and nut orchards, the numerous dry stone masonry structures walls and dams, and the road system.
A hotel now sits around the remnants of the building, with the old stones and mortar of the original walls visible from the reception area.
The house has been build with stones quarried from the same land, nice thick wall, with cipres ceiling and roof.
SUPER KING MASTER SUITE: - Stand - alone, ocean - view suite with lofty thatched roof and teak floors - Super king - sized four - poster bed - Two sets of sliding glass doors, one opening onto a patio - Study with window seat and large flat - screen TV and DVD player - Ensuite with cream terrazzo tub and outdoor shower - Air - conditioning and ceiling fan KING MASTER SUITES 1 & 2: - Two master suites house in separate buildings featuring alang - alang thatched ceilings and teakwood floors - King - sized beds with mosquito nets - Patio - Stone - walled garden bathroom with cream terrazzo tub and outdoor shower - Air - conditioning and ceiling fan
These assessments are based upon the presence of the very crude stone buildings and, in the case of Basil Jones, the field walls.
It is admirable for its colossal constructions with their impeccable finish, perfectly assembled sets of symmetrical benched terraces, ceremonial centers, like the Intiwatana which must have been used to observe solar movements, as well as for its sacred places, towers, fortified walls, cemetery, urban areas, stone buildings, narrow streets, stairways and aqueducts, to irrigate its agricultural and urban sectors.
Each suite is built using the natural materials available in the area, the roofs are thatched and the walls are coral stone.
Heraldic painted ceilings are reflected in the candlelight of dozens of antique candlesticks, whilst historic stone walls draped with tapestries ooze with the building's history.
It is an overall harmonious and pleasing building with its rural characteristics, enhanced by the beautiful star and barrel vaults and by the dry walls built with effort by the peasants only with inserted stones.
The ruins consist of a high walled city made of large stone and many different buildings.
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