Ta' Ħaġrat temple

(Pronounced Ta Hadschrat ) The temple of Ta ' Mgarr Hagrat are at the northern edge of the sink Bingemma in Malta. They belong to the Megalithic Temples of Malta, which were declared in 1992 a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are incorporated into the National Inventory of Cultural Property of the Maltese Islands. Ta ' Hagrat is one of the oldest places of worship in Malta. Its use began during the Ghar Dalam phase. The stone temple of Ta ' Hagrat since the Ġgantija phase exist.

The catchment area of ​​1925 excavated temple stretches across the western part of the Bingemma sink. The ancient cult place Skorba is just one kilometer away to the east. Both are located in a fertile provided with Terra rossa soils region on the southern slopes of the Wardija Ridge. The region is of coral limestone, which was used for the temple. Globigerina limestone there is only about 1.5 km away. The two closely neighboring temple of Ta ' Hagrat have a three-lobed ( cloverleaf ) basic composition and originally consisted of two closed side niches. The main temple (A) has a very deep, the Nebenstempel (B ) a medium-sized head niche.

The relationship between the temples is not clear. The excavation findings are difficult to interpret in terms of the construction periods. An internal transition was in the open area of the main temple (1). The outer wall of the temple side opens into the broken shell region of the main temple.

Main temple

David Trump has the temple dated to 3600-3000 BC. The formed of monoliths and rubble wide outer ramparts of the three rooms, called the mantle, the lobulated contour adapts. The exedra is pulled to the left into a non- definable range in and has before the original three access levels. Along the facade and the central axis of the monumental blocks have been installed. The front- Trilith has a vertically launched capstone. The area of ​​the side niches ends in a, the head of niche pre- hidden, door system, consisting of the portal and small niche crops. This is exceptional for three-lobed compositions. Both passages are designed with floor plates. Centrally located between the side niches and the two gatehouses is a separated nearly rectangular area is excluded. Behind the hidden door system is provided an unusually "round" head niche., The original design in the transition to the adjoining temple ( 1) is not clear. Gusset in between major and minor temples, there are remains of walls.

Nebenstempel

David Trump has the temple dated to 3300-3000 BC. The addition temple was built from much smaller stones than the main temple. He has no exedra and no forecourt. His approach was probably over the cross section of the main temple. The masonry is preserved only up to a height of about one meter. From the head niche consists of a Trilithtenzugang to an unusually large may later appended gusset chamber.

Finds

West of the temple complex were encountered hut radicals in which several hand-mills were found from korallenartigem limestone. In addition, they found objects made ​​of flint, jasper, and obsidian