Concrete wall block

A stackable, dry cast, concrete retaining wall block, comprising

• a body having a front portion and a rear portion and front and rear terminal edges respectively at the front and rear portion for engagement of a like block placed side by side to the retaining wall block;
• the rear portion being a prism shaped portion having planar top and bottom faces parallel to one another for placement opposite like blocks located above or below in a stacked condition of the retaining wall block, a planar rear face perpendicularly connecting to the top and bottom faces and two parallel planar side walls extending directly from and perpendicular to the rear face;
• the front portion including a front face and a continuous multifaceted depending sidewall, the front face having an irregular peripheral edge and a three-dimensional surface structure of projections, depressions, or crevices in the front face, the multifaceted depending sidewall extending from the irregular peripheral edge and connecting to the rear portion and to at least to one of the top face and the bottom face of the rear portion, to provide the front portion the visual appearance of a natural stone face;
• the front and rear terminal edges being located at the front portion and the rear face respectively;
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• the rear portion including a lip protruding laterally beyond and extending directly laterally outward from at least one of the two parallel planar side walls of the rear portion for placing the front terminal edge further outward than the rear terminal edge in a direction parallel to the rear face, thereby orienting the block at an angle to the adjacent like block when the front and rear terminal edges are in engagement with the like block, the front face extending over the lip and the lip having a rear wall extending from the at least one of the planar side walls and parallel to the rear face.