Giants%u2019 tomb Coddu Vecchiu

Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Oggetto fisico

Category:

Archaeological areas; Archaeology museums

The giants%u2019 tomb Coddu Vecchiu (or Ecchiu), one of the best preserved in this region, is located on a slope in a hilly area. It was built in two stages: during the Middle Bronze Age (c.1600-1400 BC) the exedra was added to a pre-existing megalithic tomb dating from the Early Bronze Age (c.1800-1600 BC), transforming the structure into a giants%u2019 tomb.

The tomb consists of a main semicircular front (exedra) and a burial chamber. The exedra is made of stone slabs stuck vertically into the ground, smaller towards the sides to delimit the ceremonial area; a big stele rises in the middle, the highest found in Sardinia until now (4.40m). It is formed by two superimposed slabs, both decorated with a cornice, and opens on the tomb%u2019s corridor. Each slab is supported by the stonework which connects the exedra to the ancient gallery grave tomb. The rectangular burial chamber is built of granite blocks; a row of blocks on them supports the covering slabs of the tomb.

This monument is pertinent to the nuraghe La Prisgiona, 600m far from here.

Accessible to disabled people.

Spatial coverage:

Capichera, , - 07021, Arzachena (Olbia-Tempio), Sardegna - Italia