Sk BC 12 is located just 0.4km west (bearing 265°) of Sahakaberd Fortress (map quad B3k).
This small cluster sits on a gentle northwest-facing slope, just above the final terminus of Mt. Aragats as it meets the Tsaghkahovit Plain. There is some evidence of disturbance in the area.
7 standard and 4 paved cromlechs are broadly distributed within this cluster, an area 60m north-south and 40m east-west. The burials are quite discrete and hold together as a cluster more due to their shared position on the hill slope than any sense of close spatial ordering. The burials range in diameter from 3 to 5m and are built of medium, unworked blocks. The central capstones for the standard style cromlechs are somewhat larger but are also unworked.
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Feature 1: is an unusual paved cromlech, elliptical in shape rather than circular. It is 5m in diameter along its long axis and 3m along its short axis. It is built of medium-sized basalt blocks, largely unworked but some with evidence of minor shaping to fit into the paved center of the construction. The irregular geometry of the burial may well be a result of disturbance caused by its proximity to the artillery range and military base. But it is also possible that this represents a different style of construction, one more akin to later burial traditions of the medieval era than to the LB/I1. If so, some elements of this cluster of burials may well be related to Sk Settlement 1.
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