So Nurattolos

Nuraghe Sos Nurattolos

Sos Nurattolos is a nuragic sanctuary. It is located in the wilderness of Montacuto in the province of Sassari in Sardinia and consists of the nuraghe, the sanctuary of the fountain , a small Sardinian megaron temple and three stone remains of round huts dating from between 1600 and 900 BC Come from BC.

From the shepherd's village of Alà dei Sardi , (north of Buddusò ), which is 600 m high on the Altopiano (plateau), a dirt road leads to Sos Nurattolos. Through a forest you reach the ridge with the peak of Punta Senalonga at an altitude of 1077 m, at whose feet the sanctuary is located.

The holy spring ( Italian Pozzo sacro ) is set in granite blocks in an irregularly round temenos , 11.3 × 10 m in size from large polygonal blocks . It is characterized by its rectangular facade with a 5.0 m long and 2.6 m wide corridor. The central room, which can be reached from the corridor through a central entrance with architrave , is equipped with side benches. Inside the enclosure, but with access from the side, lies the source over which the intact Tholos still stands. There are more round huts in the courtyard, probably for cultic purposes.

Not far away is a large round hut built from small-format stones with an internal diameter of 8.4 m and a wall thickness of 1.4 m.

A little higher is the rectangular Megaron temple, a double Astylos , as it is provided with ante on both the facade and the rear, which are still remarkable today. The small temple is surrounded by an elliptical enclosure.

Nearby are:

• the Nuraghe Loelle
• the Nuraghe and the Domus de Janas of Iselle
• the Domus de Janas of Ludurru
• the dolmen di Monte Maone ,
• the dolmens of Buddusò ; Su Laccu and Sos Monimentos
• the 2.7 m high menhir made of basalt and the dolmen Pedra de Lughia Rajosa (stone of the witch), which is called Lughia Rajosa in Sardinia.

See also

• List of prehistoric and protohistoric archaeological sites in Sardinia
• Sardinian megaron temples

literature

• A. Baltolu: Alcuni monumenti inediti dell'altopiano di Buddusò e Alà dei Sardi (Sassari) ", in Studi Sardi, XXII, 1971, pp. 38-98;
• A. Sanna, "Nuove osservazioni su alcuni pozzi sacri della Sardegna settentrionale", in Per una storia dell'acqua in Sardegna. Atti del terzo Convegno internazionale di studi geografico-storici, Sassari, 1990, pp. 12-17;

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• Description Italian + pictures

Coordinates: 40 ° 35 ′ 12.1 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 59 ″  E