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Site ID
Ar/Ts.043.04
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 024
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
435847
UTM Northing
4497590
Elevation
2,215m
Association

This cluster of cromlechs is located adjacent to the southern end of Ts AR 5, 0.14km east (bearing 100°) of Ts BC 19 (map quad B4p).

Topography

The burials are spread across the upper third of a fairly steep southeast-facing slope overlooking one of the larger, flat basins in this part of the north Aragats slope. Unsurprisingly, there is considerable evidence of recent cultivation.

General Description

Ts BC 24 is a rather amorphous group of 16 standard cromlechs. The burials extend around the curving slope of a small bedrock outcrop. Near the summit, the weathered boulders intermingle with building stones suggesting the cluster might include more cromlechs than could be accurately counted.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is an elongated cromlech, 5.5m north-south and 6.2m east-west, crossed by a later superimposed wall. The cromlech is somewhat obscured by the later construction of the wall, but appears to have been built in the standard style with small-to-medium-sized basalt blocks. The wall crosses along the center of the cromlech's long axis, extending a total of 8.3m before disappearing. The wall consists of a single line of unworked basalt blocks.

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