It was still very hot, but the roads beyond Rouen were sandy and light; the lanes were quite stoneless and shaded by tall trees; the Normandy mare settled down along them to an easy amble.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
In those days bones were not utilized: they were thrown away, and those who wanted walls in a stoneless land, where bricks and wood for palings were dear to buy, found in the skulls a useful substitute.
"Far Away and Long Ago"
W. H. Hudson
30. Silchester lies in a stoneless country, so that stone inscriptions would naturally be few and would easily be used up for later building.
"The Romanization of Roman Britain"
F. Haverfield