Nuraghe Concali

The architectural configuration of the Nuraghe is a complex one, its rampart, on the west end of the rocky spur, incorporating an earlier building, most likely a pseudo-nuraghe.

The outer circle of walls, visible only in the north-east facing side, is made up of uneven rows of basalt blocks that incorporate natural rock outcrops. The complex building consists of a central tower, partly enclosed within a bilobed rampart surrounded by a defence wall. The latter, converging into a structural joint with the pseudo-nuraghe at least on the north and south sides, encircles large areas of the courtyard.
Based on the architectural features and the materials found, the nuraghe might have been built in the late 15th – early 13th century BC. In the archaeological site, some walls might have been built when the site was reinhabited in ancient times.

The location of the monument is quite strategic, as it overlooks the pass that from the Rio Mogoro climbs up to Genna Maria in Villanovaforru, runs across Collinas and turns east to the Siddi plateau, then on to the Lunamatrona plain. In its archaic layout, the ancient tower must have certainly watched over the lands and the extremely fertile pastures down the valley.

The ceramic remains unearthed during the early excavation and scientific investigation of the outermost layer belong to the different times the populations settled around the Nuraghe, from the Middle Bronze age (1700-1350 BC) to the Recent Bronze Age (early 13th-last quarter of the 12th century BC).