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Photographs in Personal Collections

A wall constructed with smaller pieces of limestone in the upper complex. The east sector of the lower complex. Ruined structures of the upper complex. The upper fortress complex. Tsomo Ngangla Ringmo (<i>mtsho mo ngang la ring mo</i>) is visible in the distance. The ruined fortress. The summit castle complex. Structural remains of the summit complex. Rubble on the summit.
The formation supporting the castle ruins. A revetment fragment on the summit. The ruins of residential structure RS1. The ruins of residential structure RS2. The ruined castle. Residential structures RS3 and RS4 perched on an outcrop. The ruined castle with Tsomo Ngangla Ringmo (<i>mtsho mo ngang la ring mo</i>) in the background. The probable main entranceway to the east complex.
The north room of the east complex. The crumbling walls of the castle. The interior of the east complex. The interior of the east complex. Funerary structure FS1 (foreground) and structure FS2 (background). Funerary structure FS1, funerary structure FS2 with members of the survey team. Looking north from the site. Note the few remaining in situ stones of the enclosure.
The site’s fragmentary structures. Funerary structure FS3. The central chamber in funerary structure FS3. Another view of the castle. A close-up of a rammed-earth structure on the formation’s summit. Note the orifices used to hold the shuttering pins during construction. The exterior of the castle. The interior of the summit structure. The earthen walls of the castle’s interior.

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