Located 0.81km northeast (bearing 61°) of Tsilkar village and 0.29km southwest (bearing 236°), of Tsilkar fortress Ge BC 11 is one of a series of burial clusters set on the latter's southwest approach (map quad E4f).
Ge BC 11 is located on a gentle, south facing slope below Tsilkar fortress, including a small triangular promontory above Tsilkar village cut by shallow ravines on both sides. The area has been significantly impacted by lines of recently planted trees set in deeply furrowed lines and by the seasonal water run-off through the adjacent ravines. Large flat stones resembling disturbed capstones litter areas of the cluster.
This burial cluster is composed of two formally distinct sections that together extend approximately 240m north-south and 125m east-west (at widest point). At the end of the promontory are 3-4 superimposed kurgans clustered tightly atop one another. Adjacent to this area, to the immediate north, is a field of cromlechs, including both standard and mounded styles. Within this section of the burial cluster, small linear walls terrace the slope, providing level terrain for tomb construction and effectively defining architecturally discrete areas.
A broken obsidian tool (likely a blade) was found within the area of feature 2.
Feature 1: is the top most kurgan at the tip of the promontory. All of the kurgans are built of small granite, basalt, and tuff cobbles mounded approximately 0.7m above the surrounding ground surface. This kurgan--the only one entirely visible--is 6.75m in diameter.
Feature 2: is a circular terrace 28.5m in diameter with at least 6-9 visible cromlechs set atop it. The cromlechs are not large--generally 3.5-4m in diameter--and are tightly packed in the limited area between large exposures of weathered bedrock.
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