Son Mercer de Baix, inhabited between the Early Bronze Age (1400 BC) and the Talayotic period (1000 BC) is the most well-known naviform settlement in all of Menorca.
It consists of various dwelling navetas, strategically located atop the Son Fideu ravine (Ferreries), in a natural environment that is currently highly valued for its landscape, which at the time served both to delimit the area and provide a route to access the sea.
Schedule: Only on Monday, from 9 am to 12 pm.
Price: Free
Open: Yes
Access: Access in from the Me-20 road from Ferreries to Es Migjorn Gran. 750 metres past Ferreries, take the first turnoff to the right onto the Son Mercer country road. Continue 2.5 km until reaching the Son Mercer de Baix property, where vehicles must be parked. Continue 1.2 km on foot to the site.
Car Park: No
Guided tours: Visitor information panels are posted
Contact:
Services: No
Access for individuals with reduced mobility: No
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More information: The naveta of the Es Moro cave is a clear highlight, with its apsidal shape and part of its roof still in place. It was for an extended period of time considered a funerary naveta, until being accepted as a dwelling upon further study of these constructions by Maria Lluïsa Serra.
It is supported by three stone columns characterised by their relatively narrow bases that widen as they approach the ceiling. The rest of the settlement includes 3 smaller naviform structures and another that appears to be a bronze foundry, evidence that the settlement had notions of metallurgy. Archaeological excavation led to the discovery of a bronze ingot, slag and several melting pots.