Macomer, Nuraghe Succoronis

The nuraghe is located on a trachytic outcrop, in the Marghine region, in central-northern Sardinia.
The building is a single-tower that preserves the room, accessible through an entrance with a staircase and a niche, and equipped with three subsidiary rooms.
The tower (diameter 14.20 m; height 1/1.80 m) is built in the lower rows with large blocks; these are superimposed on smaller boulders, carefully finished and installed on regular horizontal courses.
On the external masonry, you can see some light sockets, triangular or quadrangular, arranged almost in a spiral.
The trapezoidal entrance (width 1.10/0.90 m; height 2.50 m) - oriented to SE and surmounted by a lintel (length 1.97 m; thickness 0.80 m) with an exhaust window - leads into an inward corridor (length 4.80 m; width 1.10/1.60 m; height 3.30 m) covered by flat slabs.
On the s side of the entrance, the trapezoidal entrance (width 1.10/1.50 m; height 3.70 m) of the spiral staircase that led to the upper floor opens. The connecting compartment (width 0.90/1.10 m; height 3/3.30 m) preserves a dozen detectable steps (height 0.20/0.25 m; average tread 0.70 m) and has five trapezoidal slots arranged at a regular distance.
Faced with the staircase is the opening of the polygonal niche (depth 1.80 m; width 1.30/1.60 m; height 3.45 m) with a roof formed by the extension of one of the corridor's slabs.
A trapezoidal entrance (width m 1.70; height m 3) enters the central environment (diameter 4.60/4.40 m; height 6.60 m) with the roof still intact.
The walls, unlike what is documented in the outer wall of the tower, have a less well-maintained wall texture that makes use of numerous reinforcing wedges.
The room has three niches arranged in a cross, polygonal in shape (niche s.: depth m 2; width m 1.30/0.60; height m 2.60; coaxial niche at the entrance of the room: depth m 1.80; width m 1.20/0.50; width m 1.20/0.50; height m 2.75; niche d.: depth m 1.50; width m 1.30; height m 2.80.
When you stand out, it is difficult to identify the remains of a superior environment.
A short distance from the Nuraghe, a domus de janas has been excavated.

History of excavations
The Nuraghe is known since the Taramelli explorations.

Bibliography
Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Elenco degli Edifici Monumentali, Roma, Tip. operaia romana cooperativa, 1922; p. 129;
A. Taramelli, "Foglio 205 (Capo Mannu) e Foglio 206 (Macomer)", in Edizione Archeologica della Carta d'Italia, Firenze, Istituto Geografico Militare, 1935, p. 57, n. 39;
M. Sequi, Nuraghi, Como, Multigrafic, 1985, p. 22, sch. 9;
A. Moravetti, Ricerche archeologiche nel Marghine-Planargia. Il Marghine - Monumenti, Parte prima. Sassari, C. Delfino, 1998 (Sardegna archeologica. Studi e monumenti; 5), pp. 82-84;
A. Moravetti, Ricerche archeologiche nel Marghine-Planargia. La Planargia – Analisi e monumenti, Parte seconda. Sassari, C. Delfino, 2000 (Sardegna archeologica. Studi e monumenti; 5).

Tag

Structure category: archaeological area or park

Content type: Archaeological monument
Archaeology

Usability: Open

Province: Nuoro

Common: Macomer

Macro Territorial Area: Central Sardinia

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