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Let us continue our voyage in time, after the carrier who extracts the stone from the career, here is the stone hewer.

According to the quality of the sandstone, the simplest stones are trimmed on the spot, while those intended for a more complex form take the direction of the cabin of the stone masons. Armed with scissors, two-handed hammers and various other tools, while referring to gauges out of wooden, those then will work each block until their giving desired contour. A stone mason can thus engrave on average three to four stones daily. On each one, it affixes two marks. One is to some extent its signature which will make it possible to check the quality of its work - to the Middle Ages, the tailors were remunerated at piece-rates. The other, the mark of installation, indicates the precise site where will have to be placed the block. It is that a strong castle, it is a little a puzzle. The quality of the size and the care brought in the organization of the stones in the wall ("equipment") are for much in the impression of power which emerges from a castle and, per rebound of the lord owner of the places.