Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs

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.
The east side of the castle. The south side of the castle with the ruined entrance (middle of the image) to the installation. The castle from the south. East and north sides of the hulk. The ridge surmounted by the ruined castle. The curtain-wall punctuated by three inset triangular loopholes. The rear wall of the northwest edifice. Note the manner in which the revetment projects outward from the adobe-block superstructure. A wood sample for radiocarbon analysis was extracted from the interior base of the superstructure. The forward wall and a flank of the northwest edifice.

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