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The outer wall has a considerable batter. The famous Nau d'Es Tudons is about 36 feet in length. The façade is slightly concave. All the naus are built with their façades to the south or south-east, with the exception of that of Benigaus Nou, the inner end of which is cut in the rock, while the outer part is built up of blocks as usual.
The whole reminds one very forcibly of the naus of the Balearic Isles and the Giants' Graves of Sardinia. Occasionally the corridor-tomb has a kind of portico at its west end. Type-plan of wedge-shaped tomb. It lies roughly east and west, and its two long sides are placed at a slight angle to one another in such a way that the west end is broader than the east.
The abnormal orientation was here clearly determined by the desire to make use of the face of rock in the construction. The naus seem to have been tombs, as human remains have been found in them. Rock-tombs also occur in the islands. The most remarkable are those of S. Vincent in Majorca. Prehistoric villages surrounded by great stone walls can still be traced in the Balearic Isles.
A doorway just large enough to be entered with comfort leads through the thickness of the wall into a round chamber roofed by corbelling, with the assistance sometimes of one or more pillars. Section and plan of the Talayot of Sa Aquila, Majorca. Nau d'Es Tudons, plan and section. The naus or navetas are so named from their resemblance to ships. The construction is similar to that of the talayots.
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