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:* * *•.* 6 6.7.1 DRYSTONE MASONRY STRUCTURES :
Use
It linked the small olive grove holdings
with the village of Fornalutx.
Materials
Rough stone.
Surface
cobbled sections.
Construction Features
Two ways of crossing the Fornalutx
torrent exist on the des Puig track;
one is a cobbled section of river bed
(a ford) used by people and animals
wh~n th~ tQrrem i~ not flowing, and
the other is stepping stones so that
people can cross it when the water is
flowing. There are 13 stepping-stones
fixed in the ground on end and more
or less the same distance apart. They
are all of a similar size and have their
upper faces dressed to make them
roughly flat and to allow the entire foot
to be placed on them.
Location
Fornalutx.•
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