Aglia (Abatesco)

Aglia
Pont de Nodu, a former railway bridge, crossing the stream
Native name	Ruisseau d'Aglia (French)
Location
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Commune	Serra-di-Fiumorbo
Physical characteristics
Source	East of Punta di Quarcio Grosso
• location	Ventiseri
• coordinates	41°57′20″N 9°18′59″E / 41.95561°N 9.31646°E / 41.95561; 9.31646
Mouth	Abatesco
• coordinates	41°59′02″N 9°23′05″E / 41.98400°N 9.38467°E / 41.98400; 9.38467
Length	9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Abatesco→ Tyrrhenian Sea

The Aglia (French: Ruisseau d'Aglia) is a 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, a tributary of the 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.