CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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469 km from Mamoiada to Mamoiada, about 9 h 12 of riding. It goes by way of Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa, Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga, Necropolis of Puttu Codinu and Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro. The line favours views over speed.
In Sardinian folklore, the little rock-cut tombs scattered across the island were the homes of janas, tiny fairies or witches who wove on golden looms and came out at night. Archaeologists call them domus de janas, fairy houses, and date them to the Neolithic and Copper Age, thousands of years before the famous nuraghi towers. The necropolis of Istevéne, near Mamoiada in the heart of the Barbagia, is a group of these chambers cut into the granite, some with carved details imitating the beams and doorways of real houses, and it belongs among the prehistoric Sardinian tombs that have gained UNESCO recognition.
Read the complete Necropolis of Istevéne write-up.
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Necropolis of Istevéne is where the day begins. Next is Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa.
The high country of central Sardinia, between the Tirso river and the hills of the Barbagia, is a landscape of basalt plateaus, cork forests, small stone villages and long, empty views. The nearest places on our list, Nughedu Santa Vittoria and Neoneli, are small villages with only a few hundred people each, and the town of Macomer is some twenty-five kilometres away. The prehistoric story here is about how the island's early people treated their dead, and the title reflects that.
Read the complete Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa write-up.
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Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa comes up about 59 km into the recorded legs. Next is Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga.
Bonorva sits on the edge of a high plateau in central-northern Sardinia, a town of grey stone looking out over the plain of Santa Lucia. Around it, the land is dotted with prehistoric remains, and the necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is one of several groups of domus de janas cut into the rock in this area. The rock-cut tombs are older than the nuraghi, and many have intricate interiors.
Read the complete Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga write-up.
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about 130 km into the recorded legs you reach Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga. Next is Necropolis of Puttu Codinu.
Domus de janas means houses of the fairies, and that is what Sardinians called the small chambers cut into rock faces across the island, believing them to be the homes of tiny supernatural women. They are in fact tombs, carved out by the island's Neolithic and Copper Age people some five thousand years ago, often with rooms arranged like houses, carved doorways, false roof beams and symbols such as bulls' horns. The necropolis of Puttu Codinu, near Villanova Monteleone in north-west Sardinia, is a group of these tombs cut into a low limestone outcrop amid fields and scrub, one of thousands across the island.
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Necropolis of Puttu Codinu, about halfway. Next is Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro.
Most prehistoric tombs in Sardinia sit out in the countryside behind a gate and a dirt track. The domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parrocchiale are different: they are in Sennori itself, a few steps from the houses, carved into the soft limestone in what was once, as the name suggests, a garden belonging to the parish. A handful of chambers opens out of the rock, small rooms with low doorways, the work of Neolithic farmers who lived on this ridge thousands of years before anyone thought of building a church here.
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Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro sits at 180 km, about halfway. Next is back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu.
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back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu comes up about 286 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga.
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Read the complete Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga write-up.
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about 337 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga. Next is back through Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa write-up.
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back through Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa, late in the day. Next is Necropolis of Istevéne.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Istevéne write-up.
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The route ends here after 469 km.
Necropolis of Istevéne → Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa → Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → Necropolis of Puttu Codinu is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Puttu Codinu → Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro → back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu → back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → back through Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sa → Necropolis of Istevéne is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.