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* * *: 6 6.2.3 DRYSTONE MASONRY STRUCTURES
Description
Wall topped by one or two rows of stones
of the same height and of similar
sizes as a way of finishing it. The most
common forms of crowned walls are:
a line of stones laid flat (example 1);
stones laid on end (example 2); a
double line with stones laid on end on
both sides of the wall (example 3). In
some cases sticks placed at roughly
equal intervals are embedded in the
wall to hold up tautened iron wires.
Uses
Marking the boundary of enclosed
fields used for mixed almond, carob
and herbaceous crop farming and at
the same time prevent access to the
field from the road.
Site
In dry farming areas with smallholdings
given over to herbaceous crops
and trees and where walls are used to
mark off the boundary of each holding.
Materials
dressed dolomites (example 1), sandstone
(example 2), barely dressed or
undressed honeycombed limestone
(example 3).
Width
0.50 m (example 1), 0.50 m (example
2), 0.78 m (example 3).
Height
1.28 m (example 1), 1.40 m (example
2), 1.33 m (example 3).
Accessory items
They do not have any accessory
items.
Location
Mancor (example 1), Llucmajor
(example 2), Sineu (example 3).