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Dêhes

These upper reliefs have suffered
from the action of a calcareous deposit
which brought down by the water which
percolates through the ceiling of the chamber
in the wet season and hardens and
chips off in summer carrying particles
of the stone with it. The lower reliefs are
protected from this deposit.

In the S.E. quarter of the town is
a deep rock hewn cistern crossed
by a barrel vault of stone like that at
Banakfur - it is of similar dimensions
about 15 x 22 feet. The cistern here is
quite simply and shows a good rock
hewn staircase leading down at an angle
across two sides of the cistern to the bottom
about 30ft. below. The whole cistern is
cemeted with opus signinum.