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Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Southwest from the east. Note the small elevated structure west of the enclosure. One of the broken pillars, Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast. Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Southwest from the west. A close-up of one of the pillars, Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast. The row of pillars at Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast from the west. The pillars of Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast from the south. The pillars of Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast from the east. Note the rock-strewn ground of the enclosure behind the pillars. An enclosure with a multi-course perimeter wall subdivided into various cells.
A slab-wall enclosure subdivided into various cells. An enclosure exhibiting a multi-course slab wall. The remains of a double-course slab-wall enclosure. The two so-called möndur (<i>mon dur</i>) transformed into <i>maṇi</i> walls. A double-course slab-wall fragment. A cubic tomb reduced to its foundation. The pillars of Naklhé Doring (<i>nag lhas rdo ring</i>) Northeast. The central depository of a west slope tomb.
A west slope cubic tomb. The conical mountain underlying the burial structures. The two east slope cubic tombs. The better preserved south summit cubic tomb, overlooking the Drijiu (<i>’bri byi’u</i>). Local guide posing next to the better preserved south summit cubic tomb. Note the way in which the structure has partially collapsed. The conical mountain on the skyline (left side of image) is Nyukri (<i>smyug ri</i> [E-13]). An east slope cubic tomb. The better preserved south summit cubic tomb. Note the smaller specimen in the background. Another view of the two pillars near the site.
A so-called möndur (<i>mon dur</i>) transformed into a <i>maṇi</i> wall. The two pillars near the site. The site, seen from the Drijiu (<i>’bri byi’u</i>) Valley. A close-up view of the pillar. The pillar, with parts of the west and south walls of the enclosure visible. Funerary structure FS1. The site, seen from the south. Funerary structure FS3 (?).

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