Kordin lll | Malta’s Oldest Megalithic Structure and the Mysterious Stone Trough | Megalithomania

Explore Megalithic Malta and Gozo in March 2024, including private access to Kordin lll, The Hypogeum, Equinox Sunrise at Mnajdra Temples & Ħaġar Qim and lots more: Kordin III is not open to the public, unlike the well-known neighbouring sites of the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum and Tarxien. Megalithomania recently organised private access to explore this enigmatic site. Immediately above the Grand Harbour once stood numerous temples. One has disappeared under an industrial estate whilst only Kordin III survives despite being hit by a bomb in World War II. The temple is in a very ruinous condition with a Ggantija phase 3-apse design. It is the only temple whose forecourt, in front of the concave facade, is stone paved as is the entrance passage leading to the central area. The most important feature is the metre long ’trough’ lying across the entrance to the west apse. It has seven deep grooves and made of hard limestone brought from ove