S'Ortali 'e su Monti

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The S'Ortali 'e su Monti site is located south of Tortoli in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia . It is the location of a nuraghe , a giant grave and a row of stones .

The nuraghe

Nuraghe S'Ortali 'e su Monti

The nuraghe of S'Ortali 'e su Monti (also called Nuraghe San Salvatore) is a complex nuraghe with an irregularly elliptical (not conical) side wall, and consists of a central tower (mastio) and side towers. The mastio was excavated in 2010 and a layer from the construction period to around 1500 BC. Dated. Burials have been found from Roman times. The entrance has a lintel that is a reused menhir . It is surmounted by a triangular window opening with the purpose of relieving it of the weight of the masonry. Silos for storing grain and millstones have been found in some nuragic huts .

The row of stones

The menhir

The menhir may come from the row of stones on the nearby hill, where two menhirs still stand in the row.

The giant grave

The giant tomb of S'Ortali 'e su Monti consists of the semicircular arch of the exedra made of 15 stones, one of which looks like a portal stele or the rest of it, and the gallery. The buildings called “Tumbas de los zigantes” and ( Italian Tombe dei Giganti - plur.) In Sardu are the largest prenuraghic cult structures in Sardinia and are among the latest megalithic structures in Europe . The 321 known giant tombs are monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2,200-1,600 BC), the precursor culture of the Nuragic culture .

The system has a special aspect, as it has a central stele that is not found in similar second generation systems in Sardinia. In front of the gallery is the upper part of a portal stele, which is older than the square structure, which dates from around 1600 BC. BC. The access to the gallery was cut into the bedrock.

A Neolithic rock tomb ( Domus de Janas ) and the Nuraghe Santa Giusta are located near the nuraghe .

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Coordinates: 39 ° 54 '47 "  N , 9 ° 40' 4.8"  E