Arzachena - Li Muri

Li Muri, a prehistoric necropolis, only about 1 km northwest of Bronze age Li Lolghi (see previous uploads) is even older. It is late Neolithic, dated to 3.500 - 2.700 BC. ascribable to the Arzachena culture, that left structures like Li Muri on the islands of Sardinia and Corsica.

Li Muri is composed by five stone cists, four of which are surrounded by circles of small slabs, that probably once hold a heap of small stones and earth covering the cists (about 5000 years ago). Menhirs stand upright a little outside the circles.