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In the North wall finally, at 0, 60 m, projection of 0, 05 m comparable to that of the South wall. At 2, 70 from the floor, that is to say c. 1, 60 from the base of the wall, the projection reaches 0, 44 m.
The most interesting feature of the tomb is the device for supporting the slab vault. On three sides indeed one notes the existence of blocks in very strong projection which act as corbels. This course does not exist in the South wall, whose line appears continuous up to the slabs of the roofing. These stones, as far as can be judged by the gaps which separate them, do not rest on the lower course la plupart du temps parfois only by a minimal portion of their surface: e.g. of a stone of the West wall: c. 10 cm on 44 cm.; parfois by a larger portion: e.g. North wall near the door: c. 60 cm on 1 m. These stones are held in place only by the pressure of the roofing slabs.
It is probable that the construction was of dry stone; the presence of clayey earth in the interstices is quite easily explained by the filling of the tomb and the input of infiltration waters tration. One notes the use of small packing stones between the larger blocks.
The roofing is well preserved to the North and West.
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