NPS (Unstamped, Mesa Verde #1)

Coordinates:
N 37.241816° W 108.504133°
Location:
Elevation:
Unknown
Type:
Unspecified Disk
Setting:
Steel Rod
Year Established:
Unknown
Established By:
National Park Service
Status:
Recovered
Condition:
Good as of September 15, 2008
  • Official National Park Service Description:

    Unavailable.

Our loop on the Far View Trail took us past half a dozen Ancestral Puebloan structures of varying types. Preservation attempts at Megalithic House have included a rather ugly, but still I suppose functional, roofed enclosure. Set into the clay soil near Megalithic House we spotted this unstamped NPS survey disk. A survey mark set directly into the soil is unusual, to say the least. I'm assuming it is set atop a steel rod deeply embedded in the ground to add some stability.

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