STRONGHOLD HOUSE (RUIN 11)

Ruin 11 is composed of a cluster of several small buildings, one of

which is situated on the north edge of the mesa somewhat east of Ruin

10 (pl. 25, _b_); another, called by Morley and Kidder Gibraltar

House, formerly of considerable size, was built on the sloping surface

of an angular bowlder (pl. 17, 21, _b_). Although many walls have

fallen, enough remains to render it a picturesque ruin, attractive to

the visitor and instructive to the archeologist, by whom it has been

classed as a tower. This building from the east appears to be a square

tower, but it is in reality composed of several rooms perched on an

inaccessible rock.

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