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Cut
off towards the north and flanked by a wall is the "Chief's
House", a large circular cabin with paved atrium and side
benches. To the east and almost at the centre of the complex lies
the enormous "Enclosure of the Feasts", an elliptical
construction (73m x 50) onto which several rooms open out.
Starting from the eastern entrance we find the following buildings:
"The Furnace House", "The Benched Enclosure"
and "The Axe Enclosure". On the north side there is
an area divided into small quadrangular rooms, opening on one
side towards the centre as far as the "Foundry". To
the south, a covered area which leads to the"kitchen".
As one can deduce from the names, the discoverer understood these
rooms to be for pilgrims.
The square isodomic "Uncovered Temple", the "Priest's
Cabin", "Circular Benched Enclosure", "Sacred
Path", "Enclosure Wall" and the "Entrance
Cabin" all form part of this group of buildings gathered
round this south-western spur of the tableland. The centre of
this part of the sanctuary is the Temple containing a well, encased
in an elliptical ring (19m x 13) carefully built with isodomic
limestone and basalt quoins.
The well has a circular form, 2.10 m in diameter and 3m high,
gradually forming a cone as the overhanging rows advance upwards.
Access is via a stairway of 13 steps, preceded by a rectangular
atrium. Here there were side benches and a table or altar with
a hole for libations at the centre, connected to a transversal
channel, which allowed the liquids to flow out.
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From Zucca R., Il santuario nuragico
di Santa Vittoria di Serri - Sardegna Archeologica - Carlo Delfino
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