The Dore region is constituted by a high plateau crossed by the Sas Coronas stream and the site has been known from the beginning of the 1900’s. An inspection and subsequent excavation brought to light a small bronze dagger on the surface and a number of fragments of pottery decorated with incisions and grooves. The nuragic village, completely overgrown, was constituted by four circular structures, one of which was larger than the others (diam. 8.20 m). This was denominated Hut 1 and was seen to have been used for collective religious and socio-economic activities.

Hut 1, built of granite and trachyte blocks, had an entrance with door jambs, by which there was a shaped stone with a hollow in the top for ablutions. The chamber had two benches made of flat stones and at its centre a circular structure came to light. It was 1.45 m in diameter and 0.45 m high with a hollow centre and was made with eight sub-triangular blocks with the points joining. Also present were three small stone “liturgical” basins, one square, one oval and one round; a smoothed pestle was found beside the latter.

The circular form with central depression recalls a hearth, but no ashes were found and trachyte stone is not heat resistant. Therefore, it is likely that it was an altar of the type from the Palmavera-Alghero nuraghe, rather than a hearth like that in the Funtana-Ittireddu nuraghe.

It is suggested that there was a cult object over the altar and that elaborate rituals took place.
The archaeological deposit was 0.90 m deep and three distinct layers were identified, relating to two nuragic phases. The first two layers contained Final Bronze Age material with similar characteristics, but separated by a layer of sterile soil. The earliest level contained Middle Bronze Age material.