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Site ID
Ar/Ts.073.01
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 039
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
436859
UTM Northing
4498298
Elevation
2,245m
Association

The center of this dispersed group of cromlechs is located 1.89km east (bearing 101°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress.

Topography

The cromlechs of Ts BC 39 are distributed across a broad east-facing slope that drops into a small ravine with a small watercourse. Natural bedrock protrudes through the thin surface deposits at various locations along the slope.

General Description

Ts BC 39 is quite large in terms of area, extending across 100m east-west and 90m north-south. Most of the over 38 cromlechs visible are of the stepped, spiral, and standard variety, composed of several concentric rings of medium-sized basalt blocks encircling large basalt capstones. Three mounded cromlechs (see feature 2) are visible on the western edge of the cluster.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is a large standard cromlech 9.10m in diameter. The outer circle is composed of medium and large shaped basalt blocks. But no capstones are visible and the interior of the construction seems to dip slightly below the surrounding ground level. This may well indicate the burial was robbed, most likely in antiquity.

Feature 2: is a mounded cromlech 8m in diameter. The outer ring of stones is composed of medium-sized unshaped basalt blocks. The mound is composed of small basalt and tuff cobbles which raise the mound approximately 0.20m above the surrounding ground surface. At the center of the burial is a single large basalt block.

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