Dressed Stone
Dressing of stone is the working of quarried stone into the shape and size required for use.
Dressed stone. This process is called dressing of stones. Stone dressing requires considerable technical skill as well as a good understanding of materials design drawings and specifications. Ashlar ˈæʃlər is finely dressed cut worked stone either an individual stone that was worked until squared or the structure built from it.
The houses had all been solid dressed stone structures. This can be necessary as stones obtained from quarrying generally do not have the exact required dimensions or finish. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit generally rectangular cuboid mentioned by vitruvius as opus isodomum or less frequently trapezoidal.
Dressed stone work of any type where the blocks have squared sides carefully squared corners and are laid in regular courses usually with fine joints. A 25 mm wide strip is made around the perimeter of the stone. The exposed face of the stone is dressed with the help of a punch thus making depressions or punch holes at some regular distance apart.
Stones obtained from quarrying does not contain required shapes and sizes. So they are cut into required sizes and shapes with suitable surfaces.