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Description
Large capacity drystone walled and
roofed hole used as a tank to collect
snow and to obtain ice.
Uses
This snow house, known as casa de
neu d'En Galileu, was built between
1692 and 1693 (Gorrias, 2001) and
was used to produce ice for cooking
and medicinal purposes
Site
On a mountainous plain on the slopes
of sa Mola at 1,090 m above sea
level.
Materials
Dressed rough stone for the facings;
roofed by a main beam and a wooden
frame, cross beams, canes and
reeds.
Ground floor
Rectangular with rounded sides,
measuring 15.70 m x 9 m.
Roofing
The roof had two slopes made of a
main beam supported by the crests
of the lintels; the frame was placed
on top of it. The structure was completed
with cross beams which were
covered with reeds to make the roof
waterproof.
Facings
the 6 m deep hole is vertically walled
with dressed rough stone; above
ground level this becomes a fairly
thick (1 m) double wall which runs
around the whole of the edge. On its
two long sides the wall is low (0.5 m)
and at the top is rounded and forms
a crest to support the double-sloped
roof (maximum height 4 my.
Descripcio
Clot paredat i cobert, de gran capacitat,
utilitzat com a diposit per acu- •
mular neu i obtenir gel.
Us
Aquesta casa de neu, coneguda
com la casa de neu d'en Galileu, va
ser constru'lda entre 1692 i 1693
(Gorrias, 2001), servia per obtenir
gel que es destinava a usos culinaris
i medicinals.
Ubicacio
A una plana muntanyosa situada en
els costers de sa Mola, a 1.090 m
sobre el nivell de la mar.
Materials
Pedra viva adobada en els paraments,
coberta amb jassera i em barrat
de lIenyam, perllongues, canyissada
i carritx.
Planta
Rectangular, de 15,70 m x 9 m, amb
els costats arrodonits.
Coberta
La coberta tenia dos aiguavessos
formats per una jassera recolzada
sobre les carenes dels cap