Nuraghe su Runaghe
DatedEst. 1900–730 BCE
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Nuraghe su Runaghe is a nuraghe at Siligo in Sardinia, Italy, standing on the hill of the same name. A typological estimate dates nuraghi of this kind to between 1900 and 730 BCE, within the Nuragic civilization. Only scant remains survive, and the site has never been investigated.
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Nuraghe su Runaghe
The nuraghe stands on the hill of Su Runaghe, in a position that dominates the village of Siligo and the valleys below in every direction.
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- Wikipedia (Italian): Nuraghe su RunagheCC BY-SA 4.0
The nuraghe stands on the hill of Su Runaghe, in a position that dominates the village of Siligo and the valleys below in every direction. It faces the Monte di sant'Antonio, an offshoot of the broad volcanic plateau of Monte Pelau. Its catalogued position is 40.5789, 8.7281.
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Few remains of the structures survive, and the ground plan cannot be determined because the stone was robbed over centuries. In 1939 Antonio Taramelli reported only slight stretches of walling.
Research historySources for this section
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The site has not been investigated. It is listed in E. Melis, Carta dei nuraghi della Sardegna (1967), and discussed by E. Alba in a study of Siligo in prehistoric and protohistoric times (2003).
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The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia and has become the symbol of the island and of its Nuragic civilization. Nuraghi were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. A nuraghe has the outer shape of a truncated conical tower, with a tholos-like vault inside.
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About this kind of monument
Sardinian nuraghi
The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia, and it has become the symbol of the island and of its Nuragic civilization. They were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. A nuraghe has the outer shape of a truncated conical tower, rather like a medieval tower, with a tholos-like vault inside.
The finest is Su Nuraxi at Barumini, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Its oldest part is a central tower with three superposed chambers, 18.6 metres high, built of basalt blocks between the seventeenth and thirteenth centuries BCE. In the Late Bronze Age four corner towers joined by a curtain wall were added, and a village grew around it, inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BCE. Scholars consider it the most impressive expression of the Nuragic civilization.
There is no consensus on what the nuraghi were for: rulers' residences, military strongholds, meeting halls, temples and ordinary dwellings have all been proposed. The Nuragic civilization lasted from the eighteenth century BCE until the Iron Age or the beginning of Roman colonisation in 238 BCE, and building of nuraghi had stopped by the twelfth or eleventh century BCE. Its origins are disputed: the traditional theory of Giovanni Lilliu, from 1966, saw migrants related to the Beaker culture, while others argue for local development. Even the word nuraghe has an uncertain and disputed etymology.
Many nuraghi have never been excavated, and their dates are inferred from their form.
When visiting, look for the stone courses, the entrance corridor, and the village of huts that often surrounds the tower.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Nuraghe, Wikipedia: Nuragic civilization, Wikipedia: Su Nuraxi · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 1939
Già nel 1939 il Taramelli aveva segnalato la presenza di esigui tratti di murature.
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Est. 1900–730 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for nuraghes in Italy; this site has not been dated itself. The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice of Sardinia developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BC.Source for this date
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- Coordinates
- 40°34′44″ N, 8°43′41″ EFor a GPS or map app: 40.57889, 8.72806
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