Coddu Vecchiu is a Nuragic funerary monument located near Arzachena in northern Sardinia, dating from the Bronze Age. The site consists of a stele, stone megaliths, and a gallery grave, and is one of the larger Nuragic Giants' graves on the island. Among the artifacts recovered during excavations by Editta Castaldi in 1966 were pans, bowls, and plates with comb decoration, vases with bent necks, and vase fragments of the early Nuragic Bonnanaro culture.
The site appears to have originally consisted of a cist, which was expanded during the middle Bronze Age. The stone forecourt consists of 11 granite stones arranged in a semicircle and measures about 12 meters (39 feet) across. The central stele stands about 4 meters (13 feet) high and contains the entrance into the tomb. The gallery grave extends behind the forecourt, measures about 10 meters (33 feet) long, and was probably once covered by a tumulus.
The upper portion of the stele was once taken by a local farmer and used as a plow, but it was soon recovered and restored to its place in the monument.
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