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Linas Sheepfold (‘Ovile Linas’)

The Linas Sheepfold (‘Ovile Linas’)

  • Locality: 'Ovile Linas' (Villacidro - Gonnosfanàdiga)
  • Route type: excursion on foot
  • Point of departure: path CAI 109 from the park of Monti Mannu (Cantina Ferraris)
  • Travelling time: 3 hours (outward journey)
  • Difficulty level: medium
 

From Cantina Ferraris (Villacidro), after a short way, the route 109 turns right into route 112. Going up the channels ‘Filareddus’ and ‘Filari Mannu’, ilex groves are crossed through by an ancient mule track, which gets more and more steep. It leads to Peak Picciuccu (719 m), where a nice view over the streams Rio Linas, Rio Figus and over the gorges of ‘Muru Mannu’ can be enjoyed.
Lots of charcoal piles mark the route, as an evidence of past activities now disappeared, once carried out by men for whom the mountain was the main source of life.

The path goes further up into the thick vegetation of stream Figus valley. After passing the dirt road and the stream Figus, one of the most evocative panoramic standpoints of the massif is represented by the Linas Sheepfold, located at 737 metres, with a view over the valley of Magusu and the tops of Peak ‘Acqua Zinnigas’ (1136 m).