snecked (Scots)

Snecks are small pieces of stone used to fill the gaps between larger stones in a wall. 'Snecked rubble' describes masonry that has a mixture of squared stones of different sizes.

Colour photograph of snecked rubble masonry

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.