Aglia (Abatesco)

Some historians say there may have been a town called Aglia along the stream of that name.[1] The stream gives its name to the prehistoric site of Aglia in Serra-di-Fiumorbo (Sarra di Fiumorbu).[2] When the railway line was being built in 1927 a prehistoric necropolis, known as Aglia, was uncovered at a place called Nodo. It has many tombs, each covered by a curved slab, which are arranged in groups. The skeletons are accompanied by stone axes, arrowheads and spears, and some have arrangements of small multi-colored pebbles and fragments of quartz.[1]

The Aglia is one of the three main tributaries of the Abatesco, the others being the Buva and the Biaccino.[3] It rises in Ventiseri to the east of Punta di Quarcio Grosso, a 1,045 metres (3,428 ft) peak.[4] It flows for 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) through Serra-di-Fiumorbo in a northeast direction to join the Abatesco to the south of Morta. The stream has no named tributaries. It crosses the communes of Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Serra-di-Fiumorbo and Ventiseri.[5]

A local road running west from Pont de l'Abatesco to the D545 crosses the stream at Tozzi and then follows it upstream to a point just north of Pont du Nodo where the D545 crosses the stream.[6] The Pont du Nodo was formerly a bridge on the Côte orientale corse railway line, and has particularly well-preserved masonry.