This lovely walk had saved a special surprise for us til last. Our route back to the hire bearmobile, took us past the famous Cala Morell cave dwellings, which later became a Necropolis after everyone had moved out. Here we are sitting on the entrance sign ...
... we were fairly relaxed about going in, as we knew that any old bones we found were more likely to be human ones than bear ones.
There was lots to see, as there were no less than 14 caves excavated from the cliff face. Considering that they are prehistoric and were in use more than 1,000 years B.C., they are more sophisticated than you might expect. They have a central pillar to support the roof, and windows, doorways, chimneys and sleeping benches. Our next picture demonstrates the substantial central pillar - it looked as if it would be good for a few more thousand years yet.
We were really intrigued by the sophisticated system for catching rain water. A long groove was carved into the cliff face to channel the water down into a collection trough. You can see this ancient engineering very clearly in our next picture ...
The water in the trough looked as if it was more recent than 3,000 years old, but we still thought a beer would be preferable to quench our thirst.
Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx
2 comments:
We thought the rock formation was more like a horse than an eliphant.
Ooh I think your name's sake Bear Grylls would approve of the water collector. Better than sieving it through your smelly socks!
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