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Not to be confused with Flagstones.

For other uses, see Flagstone (disambiguation).

Portage Park in Chicago is known for its flagstone decorations.

Flagstone (flag) is a generic flat stone, usually used for paving slabs or walkways, patios, fences and roofing. It may be used for memorials, headstones, facades and other constructions. The name derives from Middle English flagge meaning turf, perhaps from Old Norse flaga meaning slab or chip.^[1]

House on Westray, Orkney, with flagstone roof

Flagstone is a sedimentary rock that is split into layers along bedding planes. Flagstone is usually a form of a sandstone composed of feldspar and quartz and is arenaceous in grain size (0.16 mm – 2 mm in diameter). The material that binds flagstone is usually composed of silica, calcite, or iron oxide. The rock color usually comes from these cementing materials. Typical flagstone colors are red, blue, and buff, though exotic colors exist.

Flagstone is quarried in places with bedded sedimentary rocks with fissile bedding planes. Examples include Arizona flagstone and Pennsylvania Bluestone.

Lauze stone in Lannion (Brittany)

Around the thirteenth century, the ceilings, walls and floors in European architecture became more ornate. Anglo-Saxons in particular used flagstones as flooring materials in the interior rooms of castles and other structures.^[2] Lindisfarne Castle in England and Muchalls Castle (14th century) in Scotland are among many examples of buildings with surviving flagstone floors.

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^ Etymology of Flag
^ Williams, Henry Smith (1910). A history of science, Volume 9, p. 154. Harper Brothers, New York and London.

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Types	Masonry Ashlar Monumental Rubble Slipform Carving Sculpture

Materials	List of stone Artificial stone Brick Cast stone Decorative stones Dimension stone Fieldstone Flagstone Gabions Granite Marble Mortar Sandstone Slate

Tools	Angle grinder Bush hammer Ceramic tile cutter Chisel Diamond blade Lewis (lifting appliance) Non-explosive demolition agents Plug and feather Stonemason's hammer Straightedge

Techniques	Knapping Flushwork Repointing Scabbling Tuckpointing

Products	Hardstone carving Gravestone Mosaic Sculpture Stone wall

Organizations	International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland Mason Contractors Association of America Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association Worshipful Company of Masons

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