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Old 03-09-2007, 03:51 PM
Xabia Jim Xabia Jim is offline
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Smile The Sagunto Oven

As promised I've finally gone back to the castle to take measurements and pictures...more impressive.

The oven enclosure is about 7 meters wide by 6 meters deep. Note the main stone arch in the picture at the front of the oven and also found through to the back at the structure! This may have been put on after the hearth and dome...talk about thermal mass! On the side shot, you can see the masonry break in the middle of the structure, to the right it's all oven.

The hearth is about 4.5 meters wide inside and the measurement of hearth bricks for the hearth can be found on the outside at 4.9 meters. See the front of the oven and note the thin line of clay bricks that I think formed the hearth before the dome was made. It's about 5 meters from the back of the hearth to the front of the entry stone. Basically round but huge!

It's about 3 meters from the hearth to the top of the arch outside. Inside the dome is about 75 cm high.
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