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CONTEXTUAL

Task 4

By Jacob GauciAnd

Isaac Grech

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IL HAJT TAS-SEJJIEH

Also known in England as dry stone walls. The origins of the ca e fro when the Isla s were in !alta. They use to call out for "rayers fro on to" of a wall. Getting the na e se##ieh ining a "erson calling out $%td& '()*+

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THE STRUCTURE

The structure of the wall is di,ided into three sections- The outer section was ade out of large stones at the botto

which kee" the whole structure r & u" right and steady. And there is the iddle section s all rocks and stones.

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THE REASON WHY THE MIDDLE SECTION IS MADEUP OF SMALL ROCKS AND STONES INSTEAD OF

CONCRETE. A few of these are - /ee"ing the traditional way of building it. The s all rocks and stones in the iddle as well

those larger ones on the outside "ro,ide a naturalltration syste & the water "asses through the wall

and the soil says on the other side in the eld. It also ser,es as a ho e and shelter for insects and

creatures in the area. And it is a way that the far er could reuse the

stones and rocks found in the soil.

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The far er or the "erson building the wall doesn0t need only the skill on howto "lace and t the stones and rocks in "lace but he needs to know thei "ortant rules that the higher the wall gets the narrower the width of thewall and the s aller the rocks and stones.

As if they are aking a co "le1 "u22le.

3n the o""osite side at the botto the stones are larger& this is so that theycould ser,e as a good "edi ent.

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WHY ARE THE WALLS SOME TIMESCURVED?

If the wall gets to a certin height& the builder of it would not continue buildingit in a straight line but start gi,ing it turns and cur,es in its sha"e$"referably+. This is a "recaution& if a "art of the wall falls o,er it won0ttu ble down the rest as shown in gure two and gure three.

$original sources +

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IL- GIRNA il girna also known in England as the !altese stone

hut was a structure created for the far ers needs. The a#ority of the ha,e the circular sha"e the sa e

sha"e shown in fugure ) . 5ou could say the traditionalway is a circular sha"e.

But still others ha,e the sa e a""earance fro theoutside but ha,e a di6erent interior structure.

7o e e,en ha,e ste"s built on the outer circu ferencethere for the owner $ ostly of the ti e a far er+ coulduse the to" "art of the girna for reasons such as "lacingthe "u "kin in the sun and to dry other things.

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THE USE OF THE MALTESE STONE HUT

Its usually used-

8or the far er to take a brake and a 9uick na"& a,oiding the id day sun

7toring working utensils or a co on use is to kee" his cattle.

:owadays you aren0t able to see these as often as you did when the a#orityof the "o"ulation li,ed in far s and the en of the house worked in the fa ily

eld. They are "rotected by law and to get one down you ha,e to ha,e a"er ission.

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THE CONSTRUCTION

The aterials used to build this structure is the sa e aterial used to buildthe dry stone wall using the sa e techni9ue.

The big rocks and stones at the botto and the s all stones on the to"

;onsisting of three layers

The outer structure &the iddle structure and the inner structure.

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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DRY STONE WALL AND THE MALTESE STONE HUT

The di6erence is that the !altese stone hut is ore water tight due to thes all rocks and stones in the iddle are ore co "act and there for it kee"s

ore water out.

As in the sha"e it is ,ery basic sha"e which isn0t co "le1 and two of theha,e a uni9ue feature of blending in to the s"ace around it.

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LUZZU

The !altese %u22u always "layed a big "art of ourtradition and heritage es"ecially for the !altese

sher an. This uni9ue boat is thought to ha,e originatedfro a ti e when the

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3ne of the ost interesting things about the %u22u are the "air of eyes onthe front of the boat.

In the elder days these eyes belie,ed that they re"resent and o6ered"rotection against e,il s"irits and safe tra,els while at sea to the sher an.

These eyes originated fro the Egy"tian beliefs called the Eye of 3siris orthe Eye of =orus.

Eye of 3siris

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The

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The traditional bright colours of the %u22u are green& blue& red and white oryellow& while the eyes are usually di6erent fro a boat to another followedby the design of the eyes which gi,e out each %u22u a uni9ue character.

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THE MALTESE CART (KARRETTUN)

The !altese cart was a ,ery old ethod of trans"ortation to carry largeob#ects& goods and large stones for building walls and old houses.

Model of a Maltese cart (Karrettun)

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A cart was all hand ade and it took ti e and good crafts anshi" to build

one. It was ade fro etal and strong hard wood such as beech $fagu+ and ash

$fra11nu+ so the whole cart was ,ery hea,y.

It had two wooden wheels at the back& two long hori2ontal stri"s.

Between the de"ending on the si2e of the cart were connected ,ertical

stri"s and at the far end there were two ore stri"s crossing each otherwhich were at a higher le,el than the ,ertical stri"s so the ob#ects on thewould not roll o,er when they would be on a down wards "osition.

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The wheel was usually ade fro si1 too ,e stri"s that were connected to acircular wooden fra e fro one side and a hub $buttun+ in the center.

=ub =ub and 7tri"s ofa ?heel

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8irst they would bend a "iece of etal.

Then they would heat u" the etal and "ut it around the wooden circle andbecause they always ade the etal s aller than the fra e& when the etalcools down it would shrink back in si2e and tighten u" with the fra e and this

hel"ed to ake the whole wheel stronger.

The si2e of the cart de"ended on what it wasgoing to be used for. 7o e of these s all carts were "ainted blue&green or orange and were decorated with war"s$tber l+ design as they were used to sell goodsback then in the streets.

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;onclusion

7adly after cars and other ,ehicles fortrans"orting things ca e to !alta by ti ee,erybody sto""ed using these uni9ue!altese carts and they soon disa""eared.

@nlike the %u22u which till this day this oldtradition and heritage is still here with us.

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REFERENCING

8igure ) - Ltd, A., 2016. The dry-stone walls o f Gozo. [online] Times o f Malta. Available a t: [Accessed 19 Jan. 2016].

8igure : ROSS, D., 2016. Drystone W alls in E ngland. [online] Britain E xpress. Available a t: [Accessed 1 8 J an. 2016].

Information on how the wall is built :Eade, S. and prole, V., 2016. HOW TO BUILD A DRY STONE WALL |The G arden of Eaden.[online] Gardenofeaden.blogspot.com.mt. Available at: [Accessed 18 Jan. 2016].