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A tour of the "Talaiots"

Trail 4 Loseta, Inca, Llubí, Costitx, Sebcelles

Es Castellot des Fideïcomis From Lloseta, take the Almedrà lane. On arriving at the sewage treatment plant, behind it one sees a higher piece of ground known as es Castellot des Fideïcomis, where there is a walled site. It still conserves a great oval perimeter wall made of great blocks of stone and this fortification has three entrances.

Es Claper des Gegant Going past the estate of s'Estornell Nou on the left, on the road to Lloseta, there is a lane to the left that climbs the mountain of s'Alcadena, and halfway up is the monument. The talayot has a circular ground plan. Although the floor has become blocked off by falling rocks, the façade is still quite remarkable.

*Conjunto des Racons This settlement is in the outskirts of Llubí, and to one side of the road to Sineu. On the right of the road, there is a circular talayot about five metres high and in good condition, with one entrance. On the other side of the road there is another circular construction, but in a worse state of conservation. Further down the road, on the right hand side, near the Molí d'en Blanc there is another group of constructions largely in ruins, among which there is a perfectly straight wall, which could have been part of a sanctuary.


The group of es Racons: a circular talaiot and a very well-squared wall that may
have belonged to a sanctuary

Santuario de la pleta de Son Corró At the exit from Costitx on the road to Sencelles, one can see perfectly the sanctuary of the sheep pen of Son Corró. This building is well known because it was where in 1894 the famous bronze bulls' heads of Costitx, masterpieces of Majorcan talayotic art, were found. The bulls' heads were sold by the owner of the land and the Societat Arqueològica Lul·liana was unable to raise the funds to buy them. To prevent their being sold abroad, the Museo Arqueológico Nacional arranged for their purchase, and it is there that they are currently exhibited. The sanctuary was re-excavated and reconstructed in 1995, when two statues appeared: a talayotic warrior god and another that represented a Roman hearth god.


The circular talaiot of Son Fred is set up for visits

*Talayot de Son Fred At the entrance to the town of Sencelles there is a talayot called Son Fred. It is very large, round in shape and is one of the few cases where a historic monument of this type can be visited.

Cascaner After leaving Sencelles on the road to Sineu, one comes to the hamlet of Cascaner. A few metres from the houses there are two square talayots. The entrance to one of them is still in a good state of conservation, and it is interesting to appreciate the differences between square and round talayots.

 

 

 

 


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