The only reservoir recorded in the Gegharot survey quadrant is located at the foot of the Pambak range, 1.31km northeast of Gegharot fortress (map quad E4h).
The reservoir lies below Ashot-Yerkat fortress, effectively positioned to collect the runoff from the severe slopes of the surrounding Pambak range.
The reservoir appears to be fed in large part by mountain runoff during the spring. By the time we visited the site in late July, there was little water in the reservoir.
No surface materials were found, but it is worth noting the large metal pipe that seems to canalize the spring runoff, directing it into the reservoir. It is possible that the reservoir is relatively modern, built at the same time as the pipe was installed. But it looks instead as if the pipe merely took advantage of an existing reservoir as the endpoint for water collected on the upper slopes.
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