Editing Foundation (engineering) (section)

===Padstones===
Perhaps the simplest foundation is the padstone, a single stone which both spreads the weight on the ground and raises the timber off the ground.<ref>Darvill, Timothy. The concise Oxford dictionary of archaeology. 6th ed. [i.e. 2nd ed. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 2008. Padstone. {{ISBN|0199534047}}</ref> [[Staddle stones]] are a specific type of padstone.