Plinth

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Plinth of the Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Port Hills, Christchurch (NZ) c 1917 - Collection: Christchurch City Libraries
Plinth of the Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Port Hills, Christchurch (NZ) c 1917 - Collection: Christchurch City Libraries
Hoysala temple on plinth
Hoysala temple on plinth
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A plinth in architecture is the lower mouldings of a podium, pedestal or skirting, or a block or slab upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument, structure or vase is based. In the classical orders it is the square block of moderate height under the base mouldings of a column, pedestal or monument.


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