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:** *: 6 6.3.2 DRYSTONE MASONRY STRUCTURES
Description
Hole dug to reach the water table, surrounded
by a pareto ('neck') which is
covered by a drystone roof called a
capelleta (small dome).
Use
Tocollect water for human and animal
consumption.
Site
Isolated structure on a mountainous
flat area on a terraced hillside of olive
groves.
Ground Plan
Circular.
Roofing
The neck has a capelleta, a roof with
lintels made by putting stone slabs on
top of each other. The pulley was
hung from a hook embedded into the
internal slab which tops off the capelleta.
Facings
The interior facing of the hole is made
of slightly dressed stone with rubble
behind it and reaches a depth of 3m
by 97 cm in diameter. The neck and
the capelleta reach an height of 1.90
m above ground level and are made
of dressed stone laid flat.
Openings
There is an opening in the capelleta
with a lintel which gives access to the
water. The opening is made of two
stone slabs which form the lintel and
the threshold while the jambs are
made of slabs placed one on top of
the other.
Materials
Limestone slabs.
Accessory Items
It does not have any accessory items.
Location
S'hort Nou, Alarc.
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