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Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado. Hovenweep Castle. Ruined town on the Hovenweep, a tributary of the San Juan lying just within Colorado, occupying a prominent rocky bluff overlooking the usually dry bed of the creek. It consisted of a solid mass of small houses not more than 6 by 8 feet in diameter, arranged in a semicircle. The convex side was flush with the edge of the rocky bluff and inaccessible. The concave side, which was depressed like a amphitheater, was occupied by much lower and less important buildings, now almost unrecognizable. The most prominent of the buildings are solidly constructed of well-dressed stone, and not withstanding their exposed situations, are well preserved. 1874. U.S. Geological...


    map background search result map search result map Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado. Hovenweep Castle. Ruined town on the Hovenweep, a tributary of the San Juan. Colorado. 1874. Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado. Hovenweep Castle. Ruined town on the Hovenweep, a tributary of the San Juan. Colorado. 1874.