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Continuing
the main road and turning
left, a good road leads SW
to
Ashnak
(formerly
Eshniak),
known since the 5th century as a substantial settlement but in its
current location a foundation of 1830, refugees from Sasun.
A left turn
just past the
little
village
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Again
a choice of roads leads
to Katnaghbyur (formerly
Mehraban), with ruined 5th c. church.
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square
leads to the ruins of a simple 10th c. chapel on
earlier foundations. In
the cemetery on the right hand side of the main road are scanty
mortar and rubble outcrops from a 5th(?) c. church,
and traces of a cyclopean fort amid the well-tended
farmyards. Further
W, about 5 km are ruins of a 9-10th c. fort, and 1st
c. BC graves. Ashnak has a famous folk dance troop that, in
better times, toured internationally.
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