Ts BC 57 is one of a line of burial clusters (including Ts BC 53-56) which mark the eastern boundary of the north Aragats necropolis, 2.86km east (bearing 103°) of Tsaghkahovit fortress (map quad B5n).
The burials of Ts BC 57 lie nestled at the base of a slightly curving south-facing slope, below a ridge top punctuated by eroded bedrock.
This cluster of burials is composed of both cist style burials (it is the easternmost cist cluster in the north Aragats survey area) and standard cromlechs. The cist burials appear to be constructed in a line at the base of the slope, extending 48m east-west and just 11m north-south. The cists are quite small, ranging from 0.1 to 0.4m square, constructed of small cobbles. In total, a maximum of 7 cists are visible, however others may have been covered by soil eroding down the adjacent slope. Only three cromlechs were recorded in this cluster, all on the eastern edge of the site. They are all constructed of unworked small basalt blocks except for the capstones which were made of tall boulders that cover much of the interior of the burial and rise 0.35 -0.5m above the ground surface. The cromlechs range from 2.5m to 3.0m in diameter.
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