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The nuraghe is in the center of the Pedrasenta plateau, in Planargia, a region of northwestern Sardinia.
The nuraghe, among the best preserved in Sardinia, is complex in type. It consists of a keep surrounded by a bastion of three towers connected by straight curtains.
The bastion (m 24.30 x m 22) is preserved for 4/5 rows on the collapse and has the entrance to the curtain of NO. The entrance leads into a corridor (length m 2) that leads to the courtyard. The latter, under the open sky, has a pentagonal plan with a curvilinear profile (m 4.50 x m 4.48; height m 3).
The bastion includes an NE shaped tower - in contact with the entrance to the courtyard - circular in plan (diameter 8.50 m; height 1.60/2.60 m) accessible from the courtyard through a corridor now interrupted (length m 1.50).
The SE tower (diameter m 8) encloses a circular chamber (diameter m 2.50). A small room (1.80 m x 2.10 m) largely obstructed by rubble can be found standing between the chamber and the keep.
The SO tower has a circular plan (diameter m 7.60) with a central chamber (diameter m 3); also in this case, a circular compartment (diameter m 2.30) accessible from the bastion through a trapezoidal corridor (length m 1.40; width m 0.80) is spared between the chamber and the keep.
The keep, almost in contact with curtain S (diameter 11.00 m x 11.20 m; height 12.35/7.30 m), is built with regular rows of large blocks, processed with greater care in the upper parts. The wall covering in the last rows interrupts the inclination to become vertical.
The entrance to the keep, oriented to N/NE and now underground (height 0.40 m), is surmounted by an lintel equipped with a saw in the lower face and an exhaust window. It leads into a stromed corridor (length m 3.80) (width m 1.00/1.15/1.35), with an angular roof that grows in height towards the room (height m 1.50 to m 3).
The circular chamber (diameter 4.30 m), with an ogival cover without the closing plate (height 5.80 m), has a polygonal niche (depth m 1.50; width m 1.00/1.50; height m 1.60 above sea level), while showing a d., raised by m 2.50 above the current floor, the entrance to the spiral stairwell that leads to the upper floor.
The room on the first floor was also accessed (and accessed) from the outside, through a window made 6.30 m above the ground and decentralized from the vertical of the entrance. The opening, with a rectangular light (width 0.60 m; height 1.04 m), is arched and equipped with an exhaust vent.
The window leads into a trumped door (length m 3) (width m 1.30/1.45; height m 2.50/3.00) that leads into the circular chamber with the “tholos” still intact (diameter m 3.40; height m 4.25).
History of the excavations
The nuraghe has been known since the Angius was mentioned in the Casalis and Taramelli “Dictionary” in the archaeological map.
Bibliography
V. Angius, in G. Casalis, Historical-Statistical-Commercial Geographical Dictionary of States by H.M. the King of Sardinia, XXIII, Turin, G. Maspero, 1850, p. 530; Ministry of Education. List of monumental buildings, XIX, Rome, Type of Cooperative Roman Worker, 1922, p. 181;
A. Taramelli, “Sheet 205, Capo Mannu; Sheet 206, Macomer”, in Archaeological Edition of the Map of Italy at 100,000, Florence, Military Geographic Institute, 1935, p. 188, n. 18; Ch. Zervos, La Civilisation de la Sardaigne: du debut de l'eneolithique a la fin de la periode nouragique: 2nd Millenaire, 5th Siecle avant Notre Ere, Paris, Cahiers d'Art, 1954, p. 47, fig. 18;
A. Moravetti, “The Ancient Settlements”, in Mountains of Sardinia, edited by I. Camarda, Sassari, Carlo Delfino, 1993, pp. 161-212, fig. 98; A. Moravetti, Archaeological Research in the Margharine-Plane Gaia, II, series “Archaeological Sardinia. Studies and monuments”, Sassari, Carlo Delfino, 1998, pp. 275-278.
How to get there
Leave the town of Suni and take the road to Padria; when you arrive at km 65.5, turn left and go through a gate that leads to a path leading to the archaeological area, about 200 m away.
Structure category: archaeological area or park
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Archaeology
Usability: Open
Province: Oristano
Common: Suni
Macro Territorial Area: Central Sardinia
POSTAL CODE: 08010
Address: SS 292 bis
Telephone: +39 328 8789521
E-mail: tacs.snc@gmail.com
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Special openings: During the winter opening period, group visits can also take place on Sundays and Mondays, but only by reservation. The full schedule of openings for the months of January to October 15 is currently not available, we recommend that you contact the property before planning your visit.
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