This small block of rooms was encountered 0.52km southwest (bearing 218°) of Sahakaberd fortress (map quad B3g).
The rooms are set in a small basin surrounded on three sides by low hills. The hill to the northeast has been dramatically transformed by recent constructions associated with the military base. Similarly, the ridges that protect the northwest and southeast now also host foxholes and other recent constructions. However, the area of Sk Settlement 2 does not appear to have been significantly disturbed.
The 8 rooms and associated architecture that make up this small settlement occupy an area of approximately 60m x 67m. The main complex includes two large rooms on the northwest (one 32m x 27m, the other a more irregular 40m x 19m). Although none of the architecture survives above the ground surface, the walls appear to be double faced in parts, constructed of medium-sized, worked basalt blocks. Attached to these rooms, are 3-4 smaller rooms covering an area approximately 27 square meters in area, but whose interior walls are largely submerged below the ground surface. These appear to be far more informal constructions utilizing a single line of basalt blocks. Detached from this agglutinative set of rooms, 23m to the southeast, is an irregular curvilinear structure, possibly a corral, 15m in diameter. This structure appears to have been built of cobbles amassed into berms. This set of features may well represent more recent military activity in the area. There may also have been several cromlechs in the area, but the considerable amount of debris from wall fall has obscured the terrain.
A small collection of 6 ceramic sherds was found within the area of the site. While not diagnostic to a particular period, within the ArAGATS group periodization system these materials were assigned to Group C, which extends from the Iron 3 through the Medieval era. However the condition of the architecture and the masonry suggest that a medieval date for the site is the most likely.
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