49.2 and 49a.2: The Nuracale, located in the territory of Scano di Montiferro, is one of the most imposing nuraghi of the Montiferru massif. It is a complex nuraghe consisting of a central tower inscribed in the center of a square formed by the straight walls connecting the corner towers. Of the main tower, filled with debris in the lower chamber, part of the first-floor chamber is preserved. The latter, lacking a roof, has a circular plan and a maximum remaining height of 11 meters. On the sides of the chamber, there are no auxiliary rooms. Access to the bastion, which is incomplete in its plan development due to collapses, was through an entrance almost completely buried. The rear corridor led into a narrow and elongated internal courtyard, also cluttered with stones to a height of about three meters, whose walls rise above the collapse level – in some sections – by about 5 meters. From the sides of the courtyard, the access corridors to the two front towers branched off, but they were only passable in the initial stretch. One of the rear towers, which is preserved to a maximum remaining height of 4 meters, has – inside – a circular room bordered by a niche; the entrance to the corridor can also be identified. The wall curtain that connects the two towers is, despite the evident signs of restoration, the best-preserved part of the bastion (7 meters high). (Sardegna Cultura)
The tomb of Perdas Doladas (flattened/smoothed stones), also in the territory of Scano di Montiferro, is built in isodomic work with a front of rows. The tomb structure, stout and symmetrical, with an apse, slightly tapers into a wide semicircular exedra bordered by benches, facing SSE. Of the monument, made of local basalt, the base row of the burial chamber, part of the base slabs of the facade, and the bench seat, as well as a good portion of the extradosed covering with monolithic arches, are preserved.
The photos of the nuraghe Nuracale are by Andrea Mura-Nuragando Sardegna, Bibi Pinna, Giovanni Sotgiu, and Nicola Barbicha Tornello. Those of the giant tomb Perdas Doladas are by Lucia Corda and Giovanni Sotgiu.
