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Butler Wash Ruin (Explored)

The Butler Wash Ruin is on the eastern side of Comb Ridge, at the head of a small, ephemeral tributary of Butler Wash. This settlement was established by Ancient Puebloans in the early 1200s. The utility of this shot is not the view that it gives of the settlement, but of the general lay of the land and particularly the height of the buildings above the splash pool.

 

The central point of this cluster is evident in the large alcove and a smaller unit is in the next alcove to the west. From this vantage, with a set of binoculars, one can find walls and granaries in many of the alcoves in this canyon.

 

For a view of the primary settlement that shows three kivas, see my next post or the first comment

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Uploaded on July 20, 2020
Taken on July 16, 2020