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Description
Water channel between drystone
walls which collects excess water
from the terraced fields and carries it
to another watercourse or pothole.
The arrangement of these types of
channels varies a lot; they can run
along the foot of a terrace wall and
parallel to it to collect the water that
runs down from the facing, or run at
right angles or diagonally across the
terraced field, etc.
Uses
Channelling and removal of surface
rainwater from cultivated land to a torrent.
Site
Terraced hillside used for growing olives.
Materials
Limestone.
Profile
Inclined.
Bed
Cobbled.
Type of Cchannel walls
One of the walls is formed by the
facing of the terrace wall along the
foot of which it runs and the other has
a secondary facing (braa).
Bridging structures
None.
Location
Des Raca torrent, Deia.