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Description
Hut with a false dome roof.
Example 1
Uses
Temporary home for a ploughman and
his animals.
Site
Against one side of the wall of a tilled
field.
Ground Plan
Square.
Roofing
False dome made of flat stones reaching
a maximum height of 3.30m to
the cover (a stone laid flat which closes
off the dome). The changeover
from a square ground plan to a dome
was made using an eight-sided structure.
On the outside the roof was covered
with earth to make it waterproof.
Facings
Facings with two exposed sides and
rubble between them. The walls were
built with barely dressed stone laid
with quite open joints. The exterior
facing of the main wall has a chain of
flat stones on which two more courses
have been laid. On the other sides the
chaining is made of stones laid in a
row. The interior facing has stones laid
in a row and on end. The walls stand
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Materials
Sandstone roofing and facings.
Flooring
Earth.
Openings
There is only one external opening
which consists of a doorway with a lintel.
The threshold is made of earth and
has a small stone step. The 1.50 m
high jambs are made of similar sized
stones laid flat. The lintel is made of
two large stone slabs.
Even though in the past huts did not
have a door, this hut now has one.
Accessory Items
Inside there are two small food stores
and a stone manger in one of the corners
with a tethering fixture. Outside
there is a claper (cleared stones
heap) and a small stockyard standing
next to the hut.
Location
Cami de Cap Blanc (Llucmajor).
Example 2
Uses
Pigsty.
Site
In a drystone wall near the farmhouses.
Ground Plan
Square.