Ta' Ħaġrat

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I would like to tell you something about last temple- Ta' Ħaġrat
Ta' Ħaġrat is set up on the perimeter of  Mgarr.
The excavation of plentiful pottery deposits show that a village stood on the site and predates the temples themselves. This early pottery is dated to the Mgarr phase (3800-3600 BCE).

Building: The two parts are less regularly planned and smaller in size than many of the other neolithic temples in Malta. Unlike other megalithic temples in Malta no decorated blocks were discovered; however a number of artifacts were found. Perhaps most intriguing is a scale model of a temple, sculpted in globigerina limestone. The larger Ta' Ħaġrat temple dates from the Ġgantija phase (3600–3200 BCE), the smaller is dated to the Saflieni phase (3300–3000 BCE).Ta' Ħaġrat is built out of lower coralline limestone, the oldest exposed rock in the Maltese Islands. The complex contains two adjacent temples.

                                                         Floor map of  Ta' Ħaġrat

Building plan resembles clover leaf