Located on the highest point of the Serra of Pozzomauro, or the Pozzo Magno, from the homonymous medieval house destroyed, according to tradition, by a Saracen attack in the fifteenth century; the specchia seems to still want to play its role as a lookout of the territory although only a few ruins survived from its original structure. ...
The specchia is a real monument that, with its length of 60 meters, it is among the most impressive prehistoric monuments of the Mediterranean. Below the usual accumulation of calcareous stones that distinguish these archaeological evidences, several tombs are preserved, with equipments which allowed the definition of their chronological context. The structural characteristics of the tombs permit to comprehend the degree of expertise and sophistication achieved by this civilization: these graves with units in lithic slabs in which the interred was placed with her trousseau ( a pottery typical of the Bronze Age, or jugs and bowls of various sizes). The size of the units and the presence of access corridors permit to define what real "burial chambers" are. An important ...
The menhir della Croce, already cataloged by Cosimo De Giorgi at the beginning of 20th century, has been repeatedly demolished and replaced but is probably in its original position at the intersection of several roads, now protected by a stone fence . It has a height of about 1.5 m and has three engraved crosses on the east side, while the other two are located on the west side. One of the crosses is hooked, the so-called Jerusalem cross. ...
In the locality of Pescoluse - 600 meters east from the Dolmen Cosi and 40 meters south of the provincial road 91 (5 meters above sea level) – is the dolmen Argentina-Graziadei made up of an apogee cell with orthostats, irregularly shaped and of various sizes, resting on the rock outcropping and supporting a roof made of four large slabs. The entrance of the dolmen (0.6m of width and a height of0.8 meters) - facing west – permits the access to an underground structure through a short flight of three carved into the rock steps. The artificial cavity, of quadrangular form, and the whole apogee cell have the following dimensions: height and width of 1.5 m and a length of 2 meters. At the base of the small cave is an elliptical pit, hewn in bedrock (a depth of 1.15 m, ...
The Pivataro menhir is located on the outskirts of Tutino, in the middle of a road intersection. It stands on a high, stone-coated, circular base. Two overlapping fragments remained from the menhir, roughly repaired in the late 90's and marked by a visible score line. The total height is approximately 1.20 m. There is a cross engraved on both of its east and west sides. ...
Taking the Strada comunale Macchia di Ponente, incorporated into a recently built wall , is a menhir named after Principano, which is an ancient medieval farmhouse previously situated in this area. The structure, of a parallelepiped shape, with a height of about 1.90 m and a section of 0.65x0.40 m, presents numerous crosses engraved on the front. The menhir is probably a part of a megalith of larger dimensions, not placed in its original position. It is one of the many megaliths of Salento of the pre-Roman times, then Christianized through the incision of crosses. ...
The menhir, located at the intersection of three roads, is a stone structure of 170 cm high and a section of 70x50 cm. The megalith is situated at the end of a dry stone wall, in which a small chapel that gave it its name appears incorporated to it. The top of the menhir appears tapered to accommodate a stone base, probably a space designated for a cross. The small chapel of the Spirito Santo, built in the seventeenth century, has a quadrangular structure with a simple facade and inside are two paintings depicting the Virgin Mary and St. Rocco. ...