SON CATLAR
(Hypogeums)
Hypogeum of Son Catlar

LOCATION:

Situation


In the field that is between the Talayotic village with the same name and the highway that leads to the Arenal de Son Saura.




MUNICIPAL DISTRICT:

Ciutadella.


DESCRIPTION:

Underground and with a rather small size, it presents a corridor with steps dug in the rock and a more or less rectangular chamber with pointed vault.


DIMENSIONS:


CHRONOLOGY:

Its structure seems to point toward the Pretalayotic time (2000-1400 B.C.)


NEIGHBOURING MONUMENTS:

As we have already indicated, behind it, there is the complete Talayotic village with the same name ("Son Catlar"), one of the biggest and better conserved of the island.


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