<< Our Photo Pages >> Coddu Vecchiu Tomba di Giganti - Chambered Tomb in Italy in Sardinia (Sardegna)
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Coddu Vecchiu Tomba di Giganti Alternative Name: Coddu Vecchiu Giants' TombCountry: Italy Region: Sardinia (Sardegna) Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Olbia Nearest Village: Arzachena
Latitude: 41.050280N Longitude: 9.355790E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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43559959 visited on 4th Apr 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
SolarMegalith visited on 11th Sep 2011 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
lucacdo visited on 10th Jul 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Simply wonderful... one of the best places I visited in Sardinia: do not forget to go there if you come to this wonderful island.
DrewParsons have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 4.33
Additional information submitted by Drew Parsons October 2010:
The original burial chamber has been dated to between 1800 BC to 1600 BC and comprises a corridor type burial chamber which was covered by capstones and a mound of stones and earth. Later, Nuragic people added the beautiful stele and forecourt or exedra. The stones forming the exedra are dug deeply into the ground whilst the granite stele comprises two skillfully mortised slabs and has an opening at its base leading into the burial chamber. It has been carved with what is interpreted as a representation of a false door leading into the other world of the dead. The site is well sign posted from the nearby town of Arzachena. There is an information centre, car park and ticket office close to the site.
Note: Exact GPS position from handheld GPS device.
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