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Site ID
Ar/Ts.313.01
Site Name
Tsaghkahovit BC 098
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Tsaghkahovit
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
433547
UTM Northing
4496090
Elevation
2,250m
Association

Ts BC 98 is located 0.30km southeast (bearing 148°) of Ts BC 89, along the same north-south oriented outcrop (map quad B4f).

Topography

The burials of this cluster are set atop a long, low ridge littered with basalt boulders and denuded rock.

General Description

This cluster includes an estimated 33 cromlechs, 27 standard and 5 bedrock, none of which exceed 4m in diameter. All are built of unworked, medium basalt blocks set in a single ring surrounding one to three basalt capstones. The bedrock cromlechs appear to employ circular rather than rectangular capstones. The cluster spreads across an area approximately 165m north-south by 120m east-west.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is a bedrock cromlech, 3m in diameter north-south and 3.5m east-west. A portion of the western arc of the cromlech is constructed out of shaped bedrock while the remainder of the circumferential ring is built of unworked, medium-sized basalt blocks. No capstones are visible suggesting possible disturbance. This is reinforced by the small cobles that lie strewn across the area except within the interior of the cromlech. It is possible that the burial was at one time surmounted by a mound of cobbles which was subsequently destroyed. Given the proximity of the adjacent artillery range, it is not surprising that a number of the burials in this cluster might show signs of disturbance.

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