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8 Girna;
Malta
The Northern part of Malta and on the island of Gozo can be
found a lot of giren (plural; singular is: girna).
This is stone shelter, mostly in use for sheltering flocks
of goats or sheep, with wall enclosures for organising animals.
Construction is mostly truncated cone, with roof of gravel,
with capstone on the top. Groundplans are circular and square,
with typical corbelled construction inside. Some of them are
enveloped with stone walls, with final result: step roof.
Very often can be found stairs or ramps to the top, using
for drying fruit.
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| girna
near Nadur Tower, 1995 |
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| rare
girna with staircase, Ix-Xaghra i-Hamra, 2oo2 |
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| detail
of the model, Nadur Tower |
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| girna
in Wied Musa, below Red Tower, 1995 |
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| girna
on Ghajn Tuta, West of Red Tower, 2oo2 |
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