Abstract: A block for a revetment is disclosed. It comprises a square-shaped block member having a slant under-surface, leg members having the same height and provided at four corner portions of the slant under-surface of the block member, a through hole formed at a central portion of an upper-surface of the block member all the way down to the under-surface thereof, a concave groove having a generally half dimension as that of the through hole and formed on both left and right side portions of the block member, a recess formed on both front and rear surface portions at locations spaced apart by 1/4 of the length of the block member from the left and right sides respectively and an iron reinforcing bar buried in the block member and projecting within the recess.