The next
town
along
the C721
is
FERRERIES
, an
appealing
little
place,
no more
than a
village
really.
There's
little
to
detain
you here,
though
one
definite
plus is
the
Vimpi
bar on
the
plaza at
the
entrance
to town,
which
serves
some of
the
tastiest
tapas on
the
island.
Heading
on from
Ferreries,
you'll
find one
of the
best
examples
of a
naveta
- the
Naveta
d'es
Tudons
- beside
the main
road
some 6km
short of
Ciutadella.
Seven
metres
high and
fourteen
long,
the
structure
is made
of
massive
stone
blocks
slotted
together
in a
sophisticated
dry-stone
technique.
The
narrow
entrance
leads
into a
small
antechamber,
which
was once
sealed
off by a
stone
slab;
beyond
lies the
main
chamber
where
the
bones of
the dead
were
stashed
away
after
the
flesh
had been
removed.
Folkloric
memories
of the
navetas
'
original
purpose
survived
into
modern
times,
for the
Menorcans
were
loathe
to go
near
these
odd-looking
and
solitary
monuments
well
into the
eighteenth
century.