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.** *: 6 6.4.5 DRYSTONE MASONRY STRUCTURES<br />

Description<br />

Structure used to cross a watercourse<br />

from one bank to the other.<br />

Uses<br />

Enab<strong>les</strong> a cart track to cross a torr<strong>en</strong>t.<br />

<strong>Materials</strong><br />

Roofing and facings made of dressed<br />

rough stone.<br />

Site<br />

Part of the route of a cart track which<br />

joins the Son Curt farmhouses with<br />

their farmland.<br />

Roofing<br />

4.32 m long barrel vault with a 1.96 m<br />

span. Height to the keystone is 1.50<br />

m.<br />

Facings<br />

Facings that reach an height of 2. 02 m<br />

were built with barely dressed stones<br />

positioned with quite op<strong>en</strong> joints. The<br />

most dressed stones on the bridge<br />

are the voussoirs.<br />

Accessory items<br />

No accessory items due to the simplicity<br />

of its construction and use.<br />

Location<br />

Son Curt, Alaro.

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