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DISCOVER THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREA
BY LOELLE
The archaeological area of Loelle is located about 6 km from Buddusò on a promontory surrounded by holm oak and cork oak forests. Situated about 800 meters above sea level, it preserves numerous archaeological remains dating back to the Recent Bronze Age
(1200 BC).
The Nuragic complex is made up of the nuraghe, the remains of circular stone huts – which indicate the presence of a Nuragic village – and two Giants' Tombs.
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1. NURAGHE LOELLE
The Nuraghe Loelle , dating back to the recent Nuragic period (1200–900 BC), is still in a good state of preservation. It is built with small and medium-sized granite blocks, well worked.
It is a complex nuraghe, that is, a structure with multiple towers, of a mixed type, as it presents elements of both corridor nuraghes and those with a “tholos” roof.
The tholos roof is an architectural technique typical of the Nuragic age, obtained by superimposing concentric rows of boulders that progressively narrow towards the top. This technique allowed for a better distribution of the weight of the upper parts of the building.
The entrance of the nuraghe is still visible, surmounted by an architrave with a small drain window, today partially covered by vegetation.
Immediately after the entrance, on the right, there is a niche, while in front there is a staircase that leads to an upper corridor.
To the right of the corridor, the staircase leads to the second tower, of which the perimeter walls and a niche remain. The same corridor leads to the eastern part, the additional body of the structure.
In the 1990s, the nuraghe was the subject of restoration work and archaeological excavations by the Superintendence of Sassari and Nuoro, which brought to light a second entrance, located to the right of the nuraghe. This leads to a semicircular chamber, about one meter below the current ground level.
2. NURAGIC VILLAGE LOELLE
At the foot of the Nuraghe Loelle there was also the homonymous Nuragic village . Today, the perimeters of some partially buried circular buildings and a few huts remain visible, these are small and medium-sized structures.
These buildings were also the subject of excavations conducted in the 90s, during which numerous ceramic finds emerged, mainly objects related to daily life. No trace, however, of metallic materials.
3-4. TOMBS OF THE GIANTS I°- II°
Near the Nuragic village are also the Tombs of the Giants, today the only ones still visible on the site.
About 150 meters from the nuraghe you can admire the first tomb, called Loelle I. It is made with large squared granite blocks and has an entrance facing south-east. The burial chamber, about 6.5 meters long, is delimited by medium and large-sized boulders. On the sides of the entrance you can still see the two arms, the exedra, of which three well-preserved blocks remain on the right side and two on the left. At the base of the exedra you can recognize the remains of the bench-seat, which followed the entire perimeter of the structure.
Following the stone path, approximately 150 metres from Tomb Loelle I, you reach Tomb Loelle II.
Of the latter, only the bases remain. Here too, the entrance faces south-east, and the well-worked trapezoidal stele is still visible. The burial chamber, about 5 metres long, retains only a small portion of the ancient exedra, made of squared blocks.
The name “ Tombs of the Giants ” derives from the imposing mass of the boulders that compose them and from the length of the burial cells.
Legend has it that they were built to contain a huge corpse, a giant. In reality they were collective burials, mainly for those who lived in the village.
5. CENTURIES-OLD CORK OAK
The territory of Buddusò boasts about 3,000 hectares of cork oak forests. Among these, a few hundred meters from the archaeological area of Loelle, is what is called the Sughera di Loelle . It is estimated that this majestic tree is about 300 years old. The trunk has a circumference of about 10 meters, making it one of the most imposing specimens in the territory.
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