Lying almost lost and crumbling badly just 50ms away from Ses Roques Lisses is the remarkable Na Comerma taula sanctuary. It should NOT be confused with what Julian calls Sa Comerma de sa Garita on page 315 of TME. What Julian is referring to seems to us be part of the complex at Gaumes, whereas Na Comerma (or Sa Comerma) is a site away from Gaumes, independent in its own right.
It felt as if I’d been let in on local secret. I guess it is hardly ever visited. It would have been impossible to find without local knowledge and/or an extraordinarily detailed map. Though sizeable, so hidden by trees is it, that we didn’t see it until we were virtually upon it.
From a terrible higgledy-piggledy mess of masonry rises a tiny taula which by some miracle still has its topstone.
Its upstone is half buried in rubble. You could make out part of a wall which once enclosed the sanctuary, perhaps once as thick as the one at Torre Llisa Vell (see previous weblog.)
In addition, there were beautiful ruins of what I read to be houses, with flat dressed cross-beams still mounted on top of their supports.
Absolute magic.
And the day was made complete when we spotted a tortoise. We’d seen a few small ones playing ‘chicken’ on the roads, but this one was safe from becoming roadkill. They are a protected species now, their numbers having been cruelly depleted for the pet trade up until the late 20th century. Like this monument, they feel like ancient survivors.
On the lane south of Torre d'en Gaumés stop about 700 metres where there is a slight kink to the right and enough space to park a car on the left. Climb the set of steps in the wall and drop into the left field once on the top of the wall.
If you see a sign saying Coto Privada da caza it doesn't mean private, keep out, it means hunting rights reserved. It's OK to visit here.
if you walk north inside the wall for about 100m and then east for about 100m you should find the Ses Roques Llises tomb.
From the lane Sa Comerma is south east. Both sites are in the same field.