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Book Author: Kramer, Patricia Year: 2019 Title: Corbelled buildings of the Great Karoo : South Africa's hidden vernacular treasures Place: South Africa Publisher: Patricia Kramer Patricia Kramer discusses a few of the nearly 200 corbelled buildings members of the Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa have documented since 2006. "Corbelling" describes the process by which successive layers of flat stone are placed, each layer extending a little further inward than the layer beneath, until the walls meet at the top. (Source: Clarke's Bookshop) Link to WorldCat - find this book in a library near you Buildings linked to this book Corbelled House, n.d., Osfontein, Carnarvon, Northern Cape. pp 79, 114 Corbelled House Reconstruction, n.d. : 1987, Carnarvon, Northern Cape. pp 113 Corbelled House, Arbeidersfontein, n.d., Williston, Northern Cape. pp 25, 78, 112-113 Corbelled House, Schuinshoogte, c1850, Williston, Northern Cape. pp Konka Farmstead, n.d., Carnarvon, Northern Cape. pp 104, 109 Spioenberg, n.d., Carnarvon, Northern Cape. pp 20-21 lexicon entries linked to this book Corbel Houses. pp All