- Sardinia is an Island full of Dolmens and Menhirs dating from the Bronze Age, 3rd Millenium BCE.
The Necropolis of Pranu Muttedu
- This is a large concentration of 50 or 60 Dolmens which exist along with tombs, at Goni in Gerrei, Sardinia.
- The Dolmens have astronomical alignments.
Other Bronze Age Sites
- Near Portotorres is ‘Monte d’Accoddi’, there is a huge terraced altar with an inclined ramp resembling a Ziggurat.
- Another group of about 100 Dolmens is located in the centre of Northern Sardinia.
- There are also about 40 well Temples in Sardinia.
Nuragic Civilisation (1800-1000 BCE)
- Originally settled by Etrurians in the East and Iberians in the West, who merged to form the Nuragic civilisation by 1800 BCE, they concentrated in the inland central region known as Barbagia.
- They produced the ‘Nuraghe’ (Nur meant ‘Hollow Heap’ in their language) roofed by a false dome, the ‘Thoros’, of which 7,000 examples exist today in Sardinia.
- The Nuraghe consist of conical stone towers, having a double outer wall, with a spiral staircase inside leading above the corbelled domed roof.
- The fortresses were built to protect the local community, often with additional protective towers, ramparts, walls and trap-doors. The most famous example is Su Nuraxi in Barumini.
Necropolis of Pranu Mutteddu