Dolmen di Motorra

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The Dolmen di Motorra is located on a basalt plateau near Orosei in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia .

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Scheme of polygonal poles seen from above

The shape of this megalithic complex is a polygonal dolmen and in this respect is unique in Sardinia. It is one of the oldest dolmens on the island and dates back to 3000 BC. Dated. The ceiling plate is hexagonal, or irregularly round, and has a diameter of about three meters, with a thickness of 0.3 to 0.35 m. It rests on seven supporting stones that form a polygonal space 2.1 × 1.8 m and 0.8 m high. From the approximately two-meter-long, low corridor, some bearing and cap stones (the latter moved) and the entry stone have been preserved.

The chamber is surrounded by an oval stone circle (4.9 × 4.1 m), which marks the 11 curbs of a no longer existing mound. The rest of a structure, which could have formed another circle or segment, is covered with three preserved plates.

The oldest finds come from the Ozieri culture . These include two chalcedony beads , a bone amulet in the shape of a human head (1.9 cm in diameter), a small necklace with three perforated sandstone objects (4.4 cm in length, 2.1 cm in width) and ceramics from the Bonnanaro culture .

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See also

literature

  • Giovanni Lilliu : Il dolmen di Motorra (Dorgali, Nuoro). In: Studi Sardi. Volume 20, 1966, ZDB -ID 428982-1 , pp. 74ff.
  • Giovanni Lilliu: La civiltà dei Sardi dal paleolitico all'età dei nuraghi. 3rd edition rivista e ampliata. Nuova ERI, Turin 1988, ISBN 88-397-0521-X .
  • Maria Luisa Ferrarese Ceruti: Le domus de janas di Mariughia e Canudedda e il dolmen di Motorra. In: A. Boninu (Ed.): Dorgali. Documenti archeologici. Chiarella, Sassari, 1980, pp. 57-65
  • Alberto Moravetti: Serra Orrios ei monumenti archeologici di Dorgali. Carlo Delfino, Sassari 1998, ISBN 88-7138-145-9 ( Sardegna archeologica. Guide e Itinerari. Volume 26), online (PDF; 8 MB) .
  • Duncan Mackenzie (author), Lycia Mura (translator), Roberto Manca (editor): I dolmen, le tombe di giganti ei nuraghi della Sardegna (= Archèos, volume 3). Condaghes, Cagliari 2012, ISBN 978-88-7356-213-9

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Coordinates: 40 ° 18 ′ 22.4 "  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 30.8"  E