In the images by Gianni Sirigu, Andrea Mura-Nuragando Sardegna, Sergio Melis, Bibi Pinna, and Francesca Cossu, the nuraghe Dronnoro of Fonni.
Regarding this monument, the archaeologist Fernando Posi wrote, among other things, in “I Tesori dell’Archeologia” (2011): “The nuraghe, a ‘tholos’ and complex structure, located about 2.5 km NE of Fonni, stands in a slightly elevated position (945 m above sea level) at the center of an almost flat area, gently sloping towards the SP ‘Madalei’.
The surrounding lands, used for grazing and with a vegetation cover of oaks, still show extensive granite outcrops near the monument that often bear evident signs of intense quarrying activity.
In the spring-summer of 2005, an intervention for consolidation, restoration, and securing of the nuraghe made the monument accessible.
In particular, thanks to the demolition of some modern dry-stone walls and the removal of large masses of collapse, it is now possible to enjoy the beautiful remaining architectures in a much easier and more complete way than in the past.”…”To the original monument, a single-tower ‘tholos’ nuraghe, was later added an extension consisting of two smaller towers, West and North, and an open courtyard, connected by a bastion, creating a roughly trilobate general plan layout.”
Around the nuraghe, there is a village whose original extent cannot be precisely determined, while near the monument there are a small domu de janas and a tomb of giants, unfortunately in poor condition.
