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Submitted by enkidu41 on Wednesday, 11 January 2006  Page Views: 17070

Multi-periodSite Name: Ta' Hagrat Alternative Name: Ta' Ħaġrat
Country: Malta Island: Mainland Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Valletta  Nearest Village: Mgarr
Latitude: 35.918600N  Longitude: 14.368600E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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emerald visited on 3rd Nov 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Atmospheric site, needs covering as in Tarxien as the limestone is wearing away with the weather. Save it!!! Amazing small temple site which l found beautiful. Please Heritage Malta save this site from further weather damage In Mgarr, little signage until you are almost on the site. Plan ahead!

43559959 visited on 4th Jan 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

attlebax visited on 26th Dec 2012 - their rating: Cond: 2 Access: 5 Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 9.00am to Mid-day. Closed 24th, 25th & 31st December, 1st January and Good Friday. You need a ticket from Mgarr Local Council, Heritage Malta or Gozo Museum of Archeology. Phone number at temple is 2158 6264.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.67

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by enkidu41 : This ruinous monument is a double temple both of trefoil design. The first was built in the Ggantija phase during the 60 decades prior to 3000 BC and the second in the Saflieni phase at around 3000 BC. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Temple in Malta. In the village of Mgarr, Ta’ Hagrat consists of two relatively small adjoining double temples the larger southern one 3-apsed, the other on the north-eastern corner 3-lobed.

The larger one of 15 metres internal length was constructed in the Ggantija phase, the smaller, only 6.5 metres, was added in the Saflieni phase. The south-east entrance of the larger temple has two huge trilithons each with a capstone that was restored after excavation. The façade in front of the entrance is horned-shaped with the western arc extending for 10 metres. It is constructed of two rows of large megaliths with rubble infill. A short flight of steps connecting the two temples was also a post-excavation reconstruction.

Note: Two megalithic temples to re-open and how Malta could benefit from its prehistoric heritage - see comments.
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Ta' Hagrat submitted by ShamrockStone : Ta' Hagrat (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by Jon : Trilithon entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by 43559959 : Ta' Hagrat, site in Mainland Malta (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by 43559959 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by sem : Looking approx SE. Klaus Albrecht in "Malta's Temples" suggests this is the main alignment of the site and is designed to view the rising mid-winter sun. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by enkidu41 : This ruinous monument is a double temple both of trefoil design. The first was built in the Ggantija phase during the 60 decades prior to 3000 BC and the second in the Saflieni phase at around 3000 BC. This shot is of the imposing temple facade.

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann : Site in Mainland Malta

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by 43559959 : Ta' Hagrat, site in Mainland Malta

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by sem : Ta' Hagrat, the smaller east temple.

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann : Site in Mainland Malta

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by KaiHofmann

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by 43559959 : Ta' Hagrat, site in Mainland Malta

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Ta' Hagrat submitted by sem : The main facade. (1 comment)

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the temple, from "Realm of the Great Goddess" via archive.org Site in Mainland Malta.

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the temple, from "Realm of the Great Goddess" via archive.org Site in Mainland Malta.

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by tfar : A corner of the massively paved centre court of Ta' Hagrat south temple.

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by tfar : Looking into the massively paved centre court of Ta’ Ħaġrat south temple from its right apse.

Ta' Hagrat
Ta' Hagrat submitted by tfar : Left apse of Ta’ Ħaġrat trefoil temple with Binġemma heights in the background.

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Re: Ta’ Hagrat and Skorba Temples to open by ShamrockStone on Saturday, 10 December 2016
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Tickets for the site are available at the Mġarr council, located across the Mġarr Parish Church (N35.91918, E14.36722). Check the opening hours at http://www.mgarrlc.com.
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Re: Ta' Hagrat by Lasya on Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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I visited Ta`Hagrat last month (Jan 2010) and can confirm the opening times for this site and Skorba are still correct - pity I didn`t know beforehand! A leaflet made widely available giving access details for all Maltese sites would be a really good idea.....
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Re: Ta' Hagrat by tfar on Tuesday, 24 July 2007
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You can watch a short video of Ta' Ħaġrat Temples on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPenXdo5Inc
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Re: Ta' Hagrat by Andy B on Wednesday, 11 January 2006
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See also an article in the Times of Malta making a clear economic case for better protection of their prehistoric sites. Just what is needed to get through to the bean-counters:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=211180

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Ta’ Hagrat and Skorba Temples to open by Anonymous on Wednesday, 11 January 2006
by Maria Elena Zammit Curator - Archaeology

Heritage Malta, the national agency for Museums and Cultural Heritage, is opening two sites at Mgarr – Ta’ Hagrat and Skorba – on a weekly basis. These sites, both of which have been included on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1992, were previously closed to the public and could only be visited by appointment.

Ta’ Hagrat consists of two adjacent temples, the older one of which dates to the Ggantija phase (3,600-3,200 BC). These were excavated under the direction of Sir Temi Zammit in the 1920s, after he was shown a field containing an interesting mound of stones.

The older temple has a semi-circular façade with a monumental doorway. This leads into a rectangular central court that in turn leads to three semi-circular rooms, one on each side. The second, smaller building is accessed through the eastern room of the larger building, which was modified in antiquity to make space for the second building. One of the most notable finds from this excavation is a small limestone model of a roofed building which is now exhibited at the National Museum of Archaeology.

Skorba Temples, located about a kilometre away from Ta’ Hagrat, were excavated by David Trump in the 1960s. This excavation resulted in the discovery of two temples, dating to the Ggantija (3,600-3,200 BC) and the Tarxien (3,150-2,500 BC) phases.

Skorba was occupied long before the temples were built. The earliest remains consist of a stretch of wall dating back to the Ghar Dalam phase (5,000-4,300 BC). Remains of wheat, lentil and barley seeds together with pottery, animal bone and stone tools were found next to this wall.

A more extensive structure was unearthed in the field east of the Tarxien phase temple. This consists of the stone foundations of two huts dating back to the Red Skorba phase (4,400-4,100 BC). Remains of mudbrick were found in the structures, indicating that the rest of the huts were built of this material. The lack of finds linked with domestic activity, and the discovery within these structures of a number of female figurines and goat skulls, led the excavator to suggest that these structures may have been used as some sort of shrine.

One of the most important results of the excavations at Skorba is that stratified deposits from all the prehistoric phases were found.

This means that the site was occupied continuously from the first phase of human occupation of the island (c 5,000 BC) up to the Early Bronze Age about 2,500 years later. This helped put Malta’s prehistoric sequence on a firm basis.

Both sites are open to the public every Tuesday morning, Ta’ Hagrat from 9.30am to 11am and Skorba from 11.30am to 1pm. More information about both sites can be found on Heritage Malta’s website, http://www.heritagemalta.org/heritagesites.html

For more information about visits or group bookings, please contact Heritage Malta on 2123-1236 or by email to maria-elena.zammit@gov.mt.

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