Latte stones
Huge ones.
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The House of Taga is an archaeological site near San Jose village on the island of Tinian, less than half a kilometre from the village and about 29 km in a straight line south-west of Garapan on Saipan. It holds the remains of huge prehistoric stone pillars known as latte stones. The pillars at the House of Taga stood about 4.6 m high and were quarried about 1,200 m south of the site. Each consisted of a tall base topped by a hemispherical, cup-like cap, and they are thought to have supported a large house raised off the ground. The name comes from a legendary chief, Taga, said to have raised them as the foundation of his house. The British explorer George Anson sketched twelve standing pillars in 1742, but earthquakes have toppled them over time, and only one remains upright. Fallen pillars and caps lie scattered in a grassy park fringed by palms and flowers, among the largest latte stones in the Mariana Islands. The visit is free. Do not climb on the stones; Tinian is reached by small plane or ferry from Saipan, and the site is close to Taga Beach.
Huge ones.
The last one upright.
Palms and flowers.
San Jose, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
By small plane or ferry from Saipan.
No, to protect them.