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General Info
Site ID
Ar/Ma.01.01
Site Name
Mantash Canal 02
Site Type
Canal
Landscape
Mantash
Periodization
None
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
424950
UTM Northing
4496756
Elevation
2,278m
Association

Ma Canal 2, 3.33 km west (bearing 271°) of Hnaberd fortress, is bracketed by Ma canal 3, 0.18km immediately to the north and by Ma Stela 1, 0.2km to the south (map quadrant B2i).

Topography

The canal is built into a gentle south-north slope. Eroded bedrock outcrops confine the eastern edge of the line.

General Description

Lined with well-shaped flagstones, this canal segment is one of the most elaborately made of the fluvial features recorded on the survey. The canal runs south to north (bearing 12°), down slope, for 160m. It is 0.6m wide and approximately 0.45m deep. There are also traces along the segment of a single poorly preserved dam of basalt construction, although it is difficult to discern if the blocks are remnants of a dam or highly disturbed flagstones. The putative dam marks a junction in the course of the canal, where the line jogs 1.5m west before resuming its southerly line.

Features & Materials

No surface materials.

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