23.2 and 26.2: The “Corvos” of Florinas, seemingly a single-tower structure, is instead a complex nuraghe of which the central bicolor tower is still in excellent condition, with the first level in limestone and the second in trachyte. Crossing the entrance threshold, one immediately notices the unusual staircase, counterclockwise, which starts on the left side of the corridor; the chamber, equipped with three niches and significantly underground, preserves intact the tholos about 5 meters high. The first floor, however, has collapsed.
Both for its considerable size and because it is considered an important element in the evolution of burial architecture in prehistoric Sardinia, the dolmen of “Sa Coveccada,” in the territory of Mores, is regarded as one of the most important in the world. Made of gray-pink tuff trachyte, the monument has a rectangular plan measuring 5 x 2.20 meters and is formed by three large, well-squared orthostatic slabs, placed vertically in special housing channels prepared in the rocky soil before laying. Resting on top, at a height of 2.10 meters, a fourth slab measuring 6 x 3 x 0.60 meters and weighing about 18 tons serves as a cover. The back wall of the dolmen and the corresponding cover, which was supposed to weigh about 27 tons, have been lost.
The photos of the nuraghe Corvos, in Florinas, are by Diversamente Sardi and ArcheoUri Vagando. Those of the dolmen Sa Coveccada of Mores are by Sergio Melis, Marco Cocco, and Diversamente Sardi.
