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General Info
Recorder
Alan Greene
Site ID
Ar/Ni.AG15.75
Site Name
Nigaberd 07
Site Type
Fortress
Landscape
Nigavan
Periodization
Indeterminate
UTM Zone
38T
UTM Easting
442872
UTM Northing
4492984
Association

At the western edge of the Ar/Ni, with a Soviet geodesic marker on the crown, this fortress is set atop one of the highest points of NIgasar, west of the Kasakh gorge, the linear feature "road to nowhere," and a major Aragats drainage.

Topography

A high peak atop Nigasar, a subsidiary "skirt" of Mt. Aragats, due west of Aparan and high above the Kasakh gorge.

General Description

Large fortress with cyclopean citadel, terrace walls, and several open benches (terraces?) beneath the citadel that may be open areas of occupation with colluvially covered architecture

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