On the Golgo plateau in Baunei, the two water basins of Sa Fossa de Lolossi represent a truly ingenious creation of times past.
We are not speaking of a single watering trough, but of two distinct bodies of water designed to harness the rain in an otherwise arid and unforgiving karst landscape, literally saving the lives of entire generations of shepherds and their grazing livestock.
The twin basins take advantage of natural depressions expertly sealed at the bottom with clay layers and reinforced with thick dry-stone walls. Far from being mere mountain water reserves, the two pits were for centuries the true meeting point of pastoral life, where the paths of transhumant shepherds crossed between watering the flocks and sharing a chat in the shade of the holm oaks, a short distance from the nearby nuraghes.
Today, these two water hollows immersed in the greenery of Supramonte offer a dynamic and vivid glimpse into Ogliastrian stubbornness. Reaching the pits of Lolossi means discovering how man managed to bend even the most hostile rock, transforming two bare stone basins into an indispensable oasis of survival in the wild heart of our Sardinian island, where nature has always continued to dictate its own rules.
