RUIN 9

The ground plan of this ruin is rectangular in form, 19 feet 6 inches

long by 10 feet wide. The standing walls measure 11 feet in altitude.

It is situated on the south rim at the mouth of the South Fork, just

above Ruin 7, a few feet back from the cliff. A doorway opening in the

middle of its north wall was formerly made difficult of entrance by

walls, now fallen, extending from the northeast and northwest angles to

the edge of the cliff. The masonry throughout is rough; projecting ends

of rafters indicate a building two stories high. There are peepholes

with plastered surfaces through the southeast and west walls, which

suggest ports. A short distance east of the building is a circle of

stones reminding the author of a shrine.

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