Buddusò, Nuraghe di Loelle

The archaeological area is located in a granite area of the Buddusò plateau, in northeastern Sardinia.
The Loelle is a complex mixed-type nuraghe - characterized by the presence of elements typical of corridor nuraghi and “tholos” nuraghi - consisting of a central tower to which a three-lobed bastion is placed.
Around the building there is a vast settlement of circular huts, while a short distance away there are two tombs of giants. Furthermore, there is news of the ancient existence of a well of which no trace remains today.
The monument is built, at different levels, on a granite outcrop whose shape it exploits: the wall structures, built with large blocks just sketched and arranged in mostly regular rows, incorporate at different points the ruggedness of the rock overhang.
The main tower, built on top of the outcrop, has a circular plan (diam. m 9.50/7.20; height. m 2.10). It is accessed through an entrance (width). m 0.80; height. m 2.14), oriented to SE with a sharp back, strombato (long. cm 5.30; width. m 1.00/1.50/1.10) and in the open air, on the walls of which the facing entrances to the niche, to d., and of the staircase, e.g. the trapezoidal niche (prof. m 1.80;
width. m 1.10/0.50) is currently in the open sky, while the walking scale (length. cm 2.85; width. m 1.00) stops almost immediately due to the collapse.
The entrance entrance leads into the central chamber with a circular plan (diam. m 3.50) on which two niches open: the first, a d., has a rectangular plan (prof. m 1.80; width. m 0.70), while the second (width. 1.10 m), on the same axis as the entrance, has the back wall consisting of the granite outcrop.
In front of the main tower, a bastion is built - with concave-convex curtains - crossed by corridors connected by stairs.
The entrance to the adjoining body, open on the forehead in a decentralized position, leads into the staircase (length). cm 4.20; width. 1.00 m) which, with a curvilinear development, leads to the entrance of the tower and which - descending for a short distance - leads to a long corridor, parallel to the external development of the bastion. This connecting compartment leads to two semi-elliptical compartments made on different planes.
An additional space facing tholos (diam. m 2.85; height m 3.20), independent, is spared on the E side, using a ravine of the rock outcrop.

History of excavations
In the early nineties of the twentieth century, the nuraghe was excavated by Paola Basoli on behalf of the Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Sassari and Nuoro.

Bibliography
V. Angius, in G. Casalis, Dizionario geografico storico-statistico, commerciale degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna, II, Torino, G. Maspero, 1834, p. 688;
D. Mackenzie, "Dolmens and Nuraghi of Sardinia", in Papers of the British School at Rome, VI, 1913, pp. 131-135, figg. 3-4;
A. Taramelli, "Buddusò. Monumenti preistorici vari, fontana coperta di Sos Muros, dolmen di Sos Monimentos e Nuraghe Iselle", in Notizie degli Scavi, 1919, p. 132;
A. Taramelli, "Foglio 194, Ozieri", in Edizione Archeologica della Carta Topografica d'Italia in scala 1:100.000, Firenze, Istituto Geografico Militare, 1931, p. 8, n. 1;
E. Contu, "Il nuraghe", in La Civiltà nuragica, Milano, Electa, 1985, p. 80;
M. Sequi, Nuraghi, Como, Multigrafic, 1985, p. 38, n. 25;
P. Basoli, "Buddusò dalla preistoria all'età romana", in Buddusò. Il territorio, l'economia, la memoria, a cura di G. Gelsomino, Sassari, Chiarella, 1991, pp. 30, 42, 44, 45;
P. Basoli, "Buddusò (Sassari). Località Loelle", in Bollettino di Archeologia, 19-21, 1993, pp. 188-190.

How to get there
From Nuoro, take the SS 389 in the direction of the industrial area of Prato Sardo. Cross the SS 131 dir and continue to Bitti without going through any inhabited center. You cross the town, continue on the SS 389 in the direction of Buddusò and, about 10 km from the town, the nuraghe is clearly visible on the road, at a distance of about 50 m.

Tag

Structure category: archaeological area or park

Content type: Archaeological complex
Archaeology

Usability: Open

Province: Sassari

Common: Buddusò

Macro Territorial Area: Northern Sardinia

POSTAL CODE: 07020

Address: SS 389

Telephone: +39 351 3497082 +39 328 1163940

E-mail: info@cooperativagigantes.it museoartecomtemp@tiscali.it anton.marroni@tiscali.it

Website: comune.budduso.ss.it/luoghi/1951044/museo-d-arte-contemporanea

Information on tickets and access: In order to take advantage of guided tours of the Loelle Nuraghe and other archaeological sites in the town of Buddusò, it is necessary to contact the contacts of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the municipality of Buddusò. Reservations are mandatory , to be made by calling the telephone number +39 328 1163940 or by writing to the email addresses: museoartecomtemp@tiscali.it or anton.marroni@tiscali.it. It is also advisable to contact the management in advance for information on the cost of tickets.