Located 4.48km southeast (bearing 153°) of Mets Mantash village and 1.2km east of Mantash gorge, Ma BC 19 is adjacent to Ma BC 18 and 20 (map quad B1b).
This large cluster occupies the summit of a high north-south oriented ridge.
Extending for more than half a kilometer along a ridge above Mantash gorge, this large burial cluster includes kurgan, standard cromlech, and mounded cromlech burials. Bedrock outcrops, erosion, and rock fall obscure the exact orientation of burials in many sections and preclude a clear census. Unusually large capstone boulders are not uncommon in this cluster.
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Feature 1 (plate XIVd): is a large kurgan located near the center of the cluster. It is 11m in diameter with a mound that rises approximately 1m above the surrounding ground surface. Atop the mound is a massive basalt boulder 2m x 1.5m that rises another 1m above the ground. No circumscribing ring of stones is visible. The mound itself is made of small basalt and tuff cobbles with a few interspersed large blocks of basalt.
Feature 2: is a standard cromlech with two circumferential rings of stones surrounding a single large capstone. 5.2m in diameter, the outer ring is made primarily of small basalt blocks, while large stone predominate in the second ring.
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