Civico Museo Archeologico Ittireddu

The Monte Ruju necropolis

The Monte Ruju necropolis shows 17 multicellular tombs dug inside low groups of trachytic tufa. All the graves had been looted and thus no materials were recovered.  These are multicellular structures, sometimes characterised by a longitudinal plan, or with rooms arranged along the axis where the access  opens,  and in one case (Tomb 1a) characterised by the varied “T-shaped” plan, in several cases with chambers characterised by a regular plan. These hypogea are characterised  by the presence of the dromos, that is a small corridor dug in the rock which comes before the entrance.