Il-Ġebla ta 'Sasuna

Il-Gebla ta 'Sasuna is a dolmen near Xaghra on the island of Gozo, which belongs to Malta .

The remains of the dolmen, located in a private garden not far from Brochtorff Circle , consist of a broken capstone made of coral limestone about 3.9 m long and about 0.8 m thick, which only rests on its bearing stone at one end.

In Maltese, dolmens are called l-imsaqqfa (with a roof). They consist of a roughly hewn capstone, which is supported on two or three sides by supporting stones, which usually stand on one of their long narrow sides. The bedrock is worked out under the middle, so that a pit up to 60 cm deep was created. The dolmens were used as burial sites (for cremation graves). The megalithic structures in Malta date from the early Bronze Age "Tarxien Cemetery phase" (2500–1500 BC). The closest parallels can be found in Apulia and Sicily , as far as the simple shape is concerned, on the Golan .

See also

• Il-Bidni Dolmen
• Ta 'Cenc Dolmen in Gozo
• Ta 'Ħammud dolmen
• Wied Filep Dolmen
• Wied Znuber Dolmen

literature

• Joachim von Freeden: Malta and the architecture of its megalithic temples. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-11012-9

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Coordinates: 36 ° 3 ′ 15 ″  N , 14 ° 15 ′ 32 ″  E