Beyond S’Ena Tunda

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The demo-ento-anthropological itinerary describes some aspects of Loculi’s folklore, traditions, popular culture and strong religious vocation with a reference to the agro-pastoral activities and small historical, but relevant, craft realities present.

The environmental-naturalistic itinerary tells the peculiarities and relevance of the natural environment of the Loculi area which includes extraordinary landscapes, habitats, species and is part of the prestigious MAB-UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Tepilora, Rio Posada and Montalbo.

The historical-archaeological itinerary tells the testimonies left by the civilizations and cultures of the past and the relationships they established with the surrounding environment in the form of buildings and architectures.
The innumerable and different archaeological sites of different periods and conformations are still observable today even in the land close to the inhabited centre.

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36. Beyond S’Ena Tunda

Route Historical - Archaeological
Sub-route Perspective narratives – Stories of landscapes
Installation Queen Margherita Square

The Tomb of the Giants S’Ena Tunda is of mixed type and, dating back to the Nuragic age, can be dated from the 17th-12th century BC. The burial was built on a small relief in Forghe with blocks of local granite. The tomb corridor is well preserved, the projecting walls of which are made up of rough-hewn blocks, usually with a rectangular face, regularly arranged in rows; the arrangement of the blocks creates an ogival section closed, in the upper part, by slabs arranged horizontally, of which only some are still in situ.

Of the exedra in front of it, some orthostats are preserved in situ and, nearby, the lower trapezoidal register of the bilitic stele, in which the classic molding is visible in relief.

Coordinates of the photographed site: 40°25'56.9''N 9°33'14.0''E

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