Its location is very strategic, situated between the Capoterra mountains to the west and the Gulf of Cagliari to the east. It is a nuragic complex built during the Bronze Age, around 1700 BC. The structure consists of a fortification with circular towers, a few huts and rectilinear curtain walls. The latter embrace the top of the hill, encompassing the natural rock outcrops.

Of the entire complex, two buildings can be visited today. The first, ‘Tower C’, has a circular plan and preserves the "tholos" chamber with a chamber staircase.  Immediately above the first visible rows are a series of rectangular slits.

The second room, the so-called ‘Chamber A’, is located behind the ‘Curtain N’. In the ‘Chamber A’, which has a quadrangular floor plan and an entrance facing East, the walls are carved into the rock. In several places they are made of medium-sized blocks arranged in rows. Some rooms with a quadrangular plan, one of which is made of opus incertum and rows of bricks, attest to a frequentation of the site also in Punic and Roman times, thus from the 4th century BC to the 2nd century AC. Archaeological excavations were first conducted in the early 1980s by Prof. Maria Luisa Ferrarese Ceruti. The excavations yielded numerous Mycenaean pottery in association with Nuragic pottery, bearing witness to the relationship between the two important Mediterranean civilisations.