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* * *: 6 6.5.3 DRYSTONE MASONRY STRUCTURES
Description
A system for trapping birds which
often had a drystone masonry structure
called a galera (wagon). This might
consist of just a low wall (example 1)
or a more complex structure (example
2).
Uses
Catching of songthrushes (Turdus
spp.).
Site
They are located in areas which birds
fly through. Example 1 is built on the
secondary facing of a 35 m long by
1.32 m high terrace wall which is part
of a terraced olive grove. Example 2 is
a free-standing structure in a flat
enclosed field.
Materials
Dressed rough stone.
Ground Plan
Rectangular (example 1), more square-shaped
(example 2).
Facings
Example 1 is made up of a low wall
with two exposed faces with rubble
between them measuring 3.65 m in
length by 1.05 m in height. The facing
of both sides consists of barely dressed
stone laid with quite open joints.
The facings forming the shell of example
2 are 1.90 m high and have an
exposed face of well-dressed stone,
especially at the corners. The last row
of stones is laid as a finishing upper
row The result is a truncated pyramidshaped
structure.
Accessory Items
Example 1 has a stone bench resting
against the galera made up of a small
pile of stones with a larger, flat stone
on top where the hunter sat. There are
some wild olive tree trunks stuck into
the joints of the retaining wall where
the ropes fastened the pine branches
which piled up on top of the galera;
behind these pine branches the hunter
hid with his nets.
Example 2 has a staircase with eight
steps built into the galera leading up
to the top where there is a stone
bench made of a prism-shaped stone.
Location
Son Berga, Alaro.