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The highly disintegrated cobble structures and adobe-block residential and ceremonial carcasses of Tönlo Khar (<i>mthon lo mkhar</i>). The entrance to the castle. Note the Pangtra Chu (<i>spang bkra chu</i>) flowing below the site. The summit formation. The site’s lone pillar. A dense array of summit buildings The ornamented pillar. The pillar, a contemporary cult monument. Probable Buddhist ruin below the castle. Note the agricultural fields in the Tingmur (<i>ting mur</i>) Valley below.
Cave with cut windows, domed recess and oblong niches. The prayer flag-draped pillar. The outer side of the castle. The dissolving hulk of the castle. The prayer flag-draped pillar. The residential complex of Khyunglung Khartsé (<i>khyung lung mkhar rtse</i>). The local guide posing next to the pillar. Ruins at the base of the settlement.
The middle dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The upper dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>) and accompanying ceremonial structure (left side of image). The interior of the upper dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The upper dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The mountainous formations at the site. The upper complex is located on the highest point of the reddish formation and the lower complex on the lower elevation summit. The middle complex is situated on the broad slopes linking these two summits. The upper complex. Two entranceways with in situ lintels are visible in this image. The tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>)-type shrine stands on the right side of the image. The ruined temple.
The ruined temple. The exterior of the two-story edifice on the western extremity of the middle complex. The interior of a ruined building in the middle complex. Note the very long in situ bridging stone. The west portion of the middle complex. Structures on the very summit of the upper complex. A fragment of the defensive wall that ringed the site. The summit from the stone and rammed-earth structure located on the eastern extremity of the site. The adobe and rammed earth castle. Note the circumvallating terrace below the summit.

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