Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca
Talayotic (1000–500 BCE taula; 900 BCE talayot cone 10 m high 18 m diameter 12th–6th)·Talayotic Menorca Talayot-taula-hypostyle triple (Mediterranean Bronze to early Iron village)·🇪🇸 Balearic Islands, Menorca, Alaior, Torralba d'en Salord talayotic site with hypostyle hall 14 columns, Spain
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About Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca
Torralba 1990s talayot-taula-hypostyle 14 columns. Recorded context — Period: Talayotic (1000–500 BCE taula; 900 BCE talayot cone 10 m high 18 m diameter 12th–6th); Culture: Talayotic Menorca Talayot-taula-hypostyle triple (Mediterranean Bronze to early Iron village); Field status: excavated; Materials: limestone column hypostyle (14 monolithic columns 2.5 m), taula T 5 t capstone; Condition: preserved UNESCO 2023 Talayotic Menorca.
Why it mattersKey Talayotic Menorca Talayot-taula-hypostyle triple (Mediterranean Bronze to early Iron village) megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1000 BCE talayot cone 10 m; taula 800 BCE; hypostyle 600 BCE
- Period
- Talayotic (1000–500 BCE taula; 900 BCE talayot cone 10 m high 18 m diameter 12th–6th)
- Culture
- Talayotic Menorca Talayot-taula-hypostyle triple (Mediterranean Bronze to early Iron village)
- Purpose
- 2-taula + 2 talayots + hypostyle sala 14 columns (15 m × 10 m) — Menorca's triple taula village with 14 taula hypostyle ceiling slabs 5 t
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1892
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca
On the ground
Structures & features
39.9110° N · 4.1610° E · 85 m · 3 mapped features
- Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca — subsidiary complex39.9125° N · 4.1593° E
- Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca — subsidiary complex39.9092° N · 4.1630° E
- Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca — Southern Cairncairncairn at Torralba d'en Salord — Taula and Talayot Double Enclosure Menorca — subsidiary complex39.9094° N · 4.1614° E
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