TOWERS [C AND D]

These towers (pl. 23, _a_, _b_) show some of the finest masonry known

in this region, being constructed on fallen bowlders which their

foundations almost completely cover. Holly Tower (pl. 23, _b_) measures

16 feet high and 21 feet in diameter. It is 7 feet wide, its top rising

to a height level with that of the mesa on which stand buildings

already considered. One of the two rooms of this tower is narrower

and wider than the other, shown in an offset as if constructed at a

different time. Its foundations are 17 feet long by 8 feet wide, the

highest wall measuring, at the southeast corner, 12 feet 8 inches.

There is a fine doorway, wide above and narrow below, in the north

wall. The approach at present is difficult on account of the height

of the rock on which it stands, but there are evidences of former

footholes.

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