Ts BC 53 is the most southerly of a line of burial clusters (including Ts BC 54-57) which mark the eastern boundary of the north Aragats necropolis, 3.15km southeast (bearing 123°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress (map quad B5j).
Ts BC 53 is set on the southern slope of a small rounded outcrop which rises above a wide, flat basin that appears to host a natural water-collecting pond and a small watercourse. The line of burial clusters, Ts BC 53-57, follows closely the fluvial boundary between watersheds that drain northwards into the Tsaghkahovit plain and those that drain eastward toward the Kasakh river valley.
Very few burials are visible in this cluster (no more than three) and all are of a unique architectural style. They are spaced about 6m apart and all oriented roughly east-west. All of the burials are outlined by shaped, medium sized basalt blocks with smaller basalt cobbles filling in the interior space.
No surface materials.
Feature 1 (plate XVc): is a burial installation measuring 9m east-west and 4.3m north-south. The outline, built of medium-sized, shaped basalt blocks, is rectangular with a rounded eastern end. The interior space of the construction is paved with small basalt cobbles. The size and shape of the burial suggest that it dates to the 1st or 2nd millennia A.D.
None.
No Entities