Sorradile

Human presence in the territory of Sorradile, a village in Barigadu area, in the province of Oristano, has been attested since the pre-Nuragic era. The most important testimony, dated between the Final Neolithic (4000-3300 BC) and the Copper Age (3300-2300 BC), is represented by the domus de janas of Prunittu, including 15 multicellular tombs, i.e. made up of multiple rooms. Among them, the most interesting one is tomb 10, called sa Cresia (the church), characterized by a large antechamber, on the back wall of which, in a raised position with respect to the floor, there are two access doors to the subsequent rooms.

Other important sites are Sas Lozas necropolis, made up of five domus with architectural-decorative motifs like ceilings and walls with relief pilasters, votive dimples, grooves, and that of Isterridorzu, made up of six hypogea. These complexes are also dated between the final phase of the Neolithic and the Copper Age.

Among the important evidence from the Nuragic era are the remains of huts and numerous nuraghi: Urasala, S’Oròstulu, Candala, Iscova, Zavò, Sa Femina, Zuri, Trubavèle, Muros de pedde, S’ena, Crabosu, Sas Lozzas, Tòlinu, Marzeddu, Crabarzos e Funtana ‘e Mura. Many of them are actually submerged by the waters of Lake Omodeo.

Furru de sa Teula nuraghe was transformed in recent times into an oven for cooking tiles.

In Su Monte locality, near Lake Omodeo, there is a Nuragic village-sanctuary, entirely delimited by a wall enclosure which encloses five rooms connected to the main building of the cult complex, i.e. the temple, also incorporating some huts inside it.

The temple is composed of a trapezoidal atrium with benches-seats at the base of the side walls and a large circular chamber with three niches; in the center of the room there is a stone “tank-altar”, in whose profile a model of a single-tower nuraghe is incorporated.

The site, located about 2 km from the town centre, was frequented between the Final Bronze Age and the late Punic Age.

The excavations have yielded numerous ceramic finds: carinated bowls, large bowls, askoid jugs, globular jars, lithic finds and votive bronzes, including a small ship with a ram’s protome prow.

With a chronological leap we arrive at the 13^th century, a period in which the construction of new ecclesiastical complexes led to the erection of the church of San Pietro di Zuri.

 

featured photo: domus de janas by Prunittu – ph.credits – Gianni Careddu by Wikimedia Commons