Giorgio Valdès
The Nuraghe Saurecci, in the territory of Guspini, “stands on the summit of the low hill of the same name, in a position of wide visual dominance over the underlying plain and the heights that host the nuragic complexes of Melas and Uradili.
For a long time cited in literature as a nuraghe, Saurecci is actually a massive megalithic wall with an irregular diamond shape that incorporates four angular towers within its layout and encloses a large internal area.
The curtain wall, affected by numerous collapses caused in part by the dense shrub vegetation, is built with naturally occurring basalt blocks of considerable size”…”The dense vegetation covering the entire internal area of the megalithic enclosure makes it difficult to easily identify the structures still visible during Lamarmora’s time, who recorded its plan.
The recent discovery, alongside nuragic pottery and lithic finds, of sporadic ceramic fragments ascribable to the ‘Cultura di Monte Claro’ and the similarities found with similar walls (Monte Ossoni and Monte Baranta) dated to the same late Copper Age have led to proposing a similar chronological framework for the Saurecci wall as well. (Lavinia Foddai “The treasures of archaeology” edited by Alberto Moravetti – 2011).
The photos of the archaeological complex of Saurecci, in Guspini, are by: Andrea Mura-Nuragando Sardegna, Gianni Sirigu, and Marco Cocco.
