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TRANSPORT AND MOVEMENT
OF THE STONE
Description
Two-handled baskets were usually
used when the fields were cleared of
stone to collect and carry away the
smallest stones from the sowing
areas where they would not get on
the way of farm work or to where
drystone masonry structures were
being built. Women and children
would help with this work.
When the raw material had been delivered
to the building site, the drystone
mason could then put it in the right
place without needing any transport
tool if the stone was easy to move;
otherwise, they would use a two-handed
basket in the case of terracada or
small stones; in the case of large stones,
one or more men would move
them using large or small crowbars.
The largest stones were traditionally
transported from where they were
extracted on a litter or in a barrow. If
drawing animals were available and
the land allowed it stones could be
transported in a wagon.
When digging a gallery, the material
removed and the stone used for waIling
the underground passage was
raised up or lowered down the ventilation
shafts using two-handed
baskets and ropes. Alternatively it was
transported on a litter. Likewise, when
shafts were made, the material was
transported using two-handed
baskets and ropes, and if the shafts
were very deep a pulley or a winch
turned by two people was brought
into play
Tools required
Litter, two-handed basket, wagon,
barrow, large lever, small lever.