La pedra en sec. Materials, eines i tècniques tradicionals a les illes ...

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Definition
Toarrange stones where two facades
of a dwelling or the facings of walls or
terrace walls make an angle.
Description
Corners in square and rectangular
huts and in the right angles of terrace
walls or boundary walls are often
made of large stones (pedres cantoneres
or corner stones) whose role is
to bind together the two walls and
thus make the structure more consistent
and solid.
Corner stones are generally dressed
on their external sides; the largest are
placed at the bottom and their size
decreases the higher up the wall they
go. Some of them are longer so that
they can be fitted into the rest of the
stones in the wall.
Tools required
Stop, punch, square hammer, cutting
hammer, small stone hammer, large
stone hammer, mass, triangular hoe,
double-handled basket, bevel square.