Maringianu

Maringianu is a palimpsest of stone. Here, a Bronze Age nuraghe of four angular towers, linked by straight curtain walls, rises from the Sardinian soil. Its dry-stone construction, of large basalt blocks with small chinking stones, is typical of the period. An outer wall once encircled the whole. Within the angle of the northern tower, a small, conical betyl, a sacred stone, stands, likely contemporary with the nuraghe itself.

But the site is older still. On the eastern side, two menhirs remain upright in the ground: one a proto-anthropomorphic type, the other aniconic and broken in two. Nearby lie fragments of others, removed from their original positions. These standing stones, of uncertain but ancient date, anchor the landscape in a more remote prehistory.

Later, the area saw activity in the Punic and Roman Republican periods, evidenced by a wide scatter of pottery sherds and occasional fragments of obsidian. Maringianu is a layered place, each epoch leaving its mark in stone and shard.

Description via source. Coordinates and heritage data from the Atika atlas.