Dolmen di Monte Acuto
The Dolmen di Monte Acuto is located in a clearing on a high plateau at the foot of Mount Acuto, west of Berchidda in the province of Sassari in Sardinia . The monument is dated to the late Neolithic at the transition to the Copper Age. The facility was used during the Bronze Age and the Middle Ages .
description
The northeast-southwest oriented from granite slabs built Dolmen is one of the largest in the Gallura . The rectangular megalithic complex has a length of about 4.0 m, a width of 1.3 to 1.5 m and a height of 1.0 to 1.5 m. It is formed laterally by two orthostats. The structure is covered by a polygonal plate (length about 4.0 m, width about 2.8 m) broken in two. The plate has nine bowls (ital. Copella). A circular area in front of the facility, on the edge of a cliff, was surrounded by a wall and rocks. A fallen menhir was identified in the remains . The dolmen was excavated by Paola Basoli in 1994.
The Abialzos dolmen with the “Santa Caterina” and the “Sant'Andrea” are also located near Berchidda .
See also
literature
- P. Modde, "Il Monte Acuto. Analisi descrittiva", in G. Meloni-P. Modde, Il Castello di Monte Acuto, Berchidda, Ozieri, CSG Coop. Monte Littu-Comune di Berchidda, 1994
- P. Basoli, "Aspetti del megalitismo nel territorio di Monte Acuto (Sassari). Considerazioni preliminari", in Sardinian and Aegean Chronology. Towards the Resolution of Relative and Absolute Dating in the Mediterranean, a cura di MS Balmuth-RH Tykot, collana "Studies in Sardinian archeology", 5, Oxford, Oxbow, 1998, pp. 143-146.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 28.5 ″ N , 9 ° 7 ′ 1.3 ″ E