. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . Pass and 24miles northwest of Kayenta. These ruins are very much similar in construction to the BetataKin Ruins, but are in a much better state of preservation. This isdoubtless due to the fact that the overhanging cliffs protect thebuildings from the action of storms. In the ruins there are severaltwo-story buildings and two circular-shaped rooms. There are 47rooms with standing walls, the roofs having fallen in, and 56 rooms 35 covered over with well-preserved roofs. The construction of theroofs in these buildings is similar to those i
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . Pass and 24miles northwest of Kayenta. These ruins are very much similar in construction to the BetataKin Ruins, but are in a much better state of preservation. This isdoubtless due to the fact that the overhanging cliffs protect thebuildings from the action of storms. In the ruins there are severaltwo-story buildings and two circular-shaped rooms. There are 47rooms with standing walls, the roofs having fallen in, and 56 rooms 35 covered over with well-preserved roofs. The construction of theroofs in these buildings is similar to those in the Betata Kin rooms are about 7 by 7 by 5 or 6 feet high. The openings ordoorways are 18 inches by 30 inches, set about 2 feet from the floorof the structure. The ruins are difficult to reach, it being necessary to scale a steepsandstone cliff for a distance of 30 feet in order to reach the base ofthe ruins. Inscription House Ruin is located on Navajo Creek, about 20 mileswest of the Betata Kin Ruin. This ruin is regarded as extraordinary,. Navajo National Monument, Ari^., embracing all cliff-dwelling and pueblo ruins between the parallel oflatitude 36° 30 and 37° north and longitude 110° and 110° 45 west from Greenwich, with 40 acres of landin square form around each of said ruins, as originally created Mar. 20, 1909. not only because of its good state of preservation, but because ofthe fact that upon the walls of its rooms are found inscriptionswritten in Spanish by early explorers and plainly dated 1661. Itis located about half way up the side of a steep cliff in a crescent-shaped niche or cave 15 to 50 feet in depth by 500 feet in lengthand about 75 feet in height. There is very little sheltering cliff overthe ruins, and they are in places easily reached by storms. These ruins differ from the other ruins in the material used intheir construction. The walls are constructed of mud bricks made byrolling bunches of straw in mud and then molding into shape. Theb
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