IX - XII AD - Gegharkunik Region

"Hayravank - General View" © 2000 Raffi Kojian, All Rights Reserved

Berdkunk  (161 v, formerly Aghkala), was a transit point on the ancient Dvin-Partev road.  On the E edge of the village is a cyclopean fortress called locally Ishkhanats Amrots.  From the village 1 km W and 200 m SE of the left edge of the Sevan-Gavar road is a cyclopean fortress with megalithic tombs.  Hayravank or Ayrivan 488 v; 22.4 km from the Sevan highway, on the left (E of the road) shortly after the Geghama Pensionat, a paved road leads to a rock outcrop with a fine view of Lake Sevan.  There stands Hayravank monastery*, with a late 9th c church, a 12th c. gavit, and khachkars.  The rocks just NW preserve substantial walls of a Bronze Age through medieval fort and settlement; nearby are Iron Age tombs. There are two shrines in the village, with inscribed khachkars. [Source: Rediscover Armenia Guide]

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