This site, which is smaller than many of the other temple complexes, lies on the outskirts of Mgarr village, about a kilometre away from Skorba. As was so often the case, there was a pair of temples and these were largely cleared by Themistocles Zammit in 1925.

The larger of the two is typically trefoil with a concave façade opening onto a spacious forecourt. It dates to the Ggantija Phase (c.3600-3200 BC). The smaller one was added some time later, perhaps during the Saflieni Phase (c.3200-3000 BC). It was grafted onto the side of the earlier temple and is a modified version of the trefoil plan. The temples were not the earliest buildings on the site but replaced an earlier village characterized by Mgarr pottery.

The entrance to the Main Temple had been badly damaged by agricultural activity in the late 1800’s but has since been reconstructed and the original lintels replaced (right). Three broad stone steps lead up to the doorway from the forecourt and there were benches running along the façade to either side. Presumably offerings and votives were placed here although any trace of them has long since disappeared. The stone paved entrance passage leads to a rectangular courtyard that is several centimetres lower than the rest of the building and is surrounded by a kerb. Each apse is entered through a pair of megaliths but the nearly circular Apse 2, which is on the main axis, is clearly the most important room in the temple although it lacks an altar. In fact, none of the apses show much in the way of decoration or furniture. The walls were made out of boulders that were barely shaped if at all.

Inner Court of the Large Temple

Apse 4 was subsequently enlarged and remodelled to provide a link (5) to the Small Temple, which is essentially a smaller version of the main one. Instead of a passage, however, there was a an extra apse (8) on the right-hand side. The flight of steps in the angle between the two buildings is a modern restoration by Zammit.

Undoubtedly, the most significant artefact to come out of the site is a tiny limestone model (left) of what looks like a temple. It has a monumental trilithon entrance and walls made up of alternating broad and narrow stone slabs. The roof appears to be made out of long stone slabs, which is interesting because actual slabs such as these have never been found in an archaeological context.