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STONE STORAGE
STRUCTURES
Description
Excess stone on farmland made controlled
storage necessary so as to
lose as little land as possible. If building
boundary walls or secondary
facings was not enough to get rid of
this excess, structures were built
solely to be used as storage space for
the stones. By popular tradition, such
structures when round or irregularshaped
were called clapers, while
longer ones whether rectangular or
elliptical were called ga/eres. Some of
the clapers were also used for trapping
as they had holes built into them
in which rabbits would take refuge
(llorigueres)
Example 1
Galera
Long structure used for storing stones.
It consists of a wall that bounds a
rectangular area completely full of stones.
Site
Flat, dry farming, mixed herbaceous
and tree crop field.
Ground Plan
Rectangular - 47.50 m long by 3.05 m
wide.
Facings
Single dressed stone facing 1.15 m
high and crowned with an upper
course. The stone stored inside is
lower than the height of the facing.
Materials
Dressed rough stone.
Accessory Items
It has no accessory items due to the
simplicity of its construction and use.
Location
Mancor.
Example 2
Claper
Round structure used for storing
stone.
Site
Flat cultivated field.
Ground Plan
Circular, 4.90 m in diameter.
Facings
Single, barely dressed stone facing
1.55 m high and crowned with an
upper row. The stone stored inside is
higher than the facing and gives the
claper a maximum height of 2.15
metres.
Materials
Dressed rough stone.
Accessory Items
It has no accessory items.
Location
Son Berga, Alarc.
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