Information
- Location
- Маңғыстау облысы, Karakiya District
- Period
- 1601 – 2000
- Category
- Historical and cultural monuments of republican significance
- Type
- Necropolis, Сomplex
- Kind
- Ensembles and complexes
Sources
- Mangystau encyclopedia / - Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedia, 2008
Description
Senek burial ground is a monument of traditional architecture of the 19th-20th centuries. It is located eastward of the village of Senek in the Karakiyansk district along the old caravan route to Khorezm. It consists of two graves. The first includes 3-domed tomb with an area of 1.5 hectares, 31 saganatams and one tombstone and koktas, the second includes 2-domed tomb with an area of 1 hectare, about 20 saganatams and tombstones. Among these monuments, the tomb of Nurbergen Kalishuly stands out, built by Dutbai Zhandauletuly and Nurniyaz Izbasarauly. The construction of the tomb is based on a combination of a square (5.0x5.5 m) plinth and a roof dome fixed on a pedestal and a cylindrical manhole.