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Site ID
Ar/Hn.365.02
Site Name
Hnaberd BC 11
Site Type
Burial Cluster
Landscape
Hnaberd
Periodization
Late Bronze, Iron 1
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
428183
UTM Northing
4496300
Elevation
2,371m
Association

Hn BC 11 is located on the western slope of the same dramatic promontory that hosts Hnaberd fortress and lower town (map quad B2l).

Topography

The burials are constructed on a steep slope and erosion seems to have impacted the constructions considerably as many appear to be incomplete.

General Description

Perhaps due to poor preservation, this burial cluster appears to be substantially smaller than its neighbor, Hn BC 10. It extends across an area only 60m east-west and 25m north-south. 1 paved, 3 mounded and 12 standard cromlechs were recorded in the cluster. All were constructed of medium unworked basalt blocks and, in the case of mounded cromlechs, tuff and basalt cobbles. They range widely in size from 2.5 to 7m in diameter.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

Feature 1: is a mounded cromlech, 6m in diameter. The mound is more like a promontory in that erosion has submerged the up-slope portion of the burial and deflated part of the down-slope portion. The maximum rise from the mound to the lower slope is 0.20m.

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