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Historic ruins in Santa Fe County

Historic Ruins and Ancient Sites

Explore the Pajarito Plateau's archaeological heritage through these eight significant sites. This collection includes ancestral Tewa pueblo ruins like Tsirege and Otowi, alongside defensive structures like the 19th-century Fort Marcy. Visitors can observe prehistoric cavates and trail ruts at Tsankawi, see hundreds of 14th-century rock art panels at La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs, and view 20th-century remains at Camp Hamilton and Duchess Castle. These sites offer a timeline of human habitation from ancient indigenous civilizations to military and homesteading eras.

Historic Ruins and Ancient Sites — Map

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Tsankawi Ruins

Tsankawi is a detached portion of Bandelier National Monument near White Rock, New Mexico.

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B

Fort Marcy

Fort Marcy was a military reservation in Santa Fe, New Mexico used during the American Civil War and Mexican–American War.

C

Navawi Pueblo Ruins

Unexcavated ancestral pueblo site featuring prehistoric game pits and hand-hewn cavates carved into the volcanic tuff.

D

La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs

Basalt mesa featuring hundreds of rock art images, including birds and flute players, dating primarily from the 14th to 17th centuries.

E

Duchess Castle

Remains of a 1910s stone house and boarding facility built on the site of an earlier ancestral pueblo.

F

Otowi Pueblo Ruins

Large, unexcavated ancestral Tewa pueblo site located on the Pajarito Plateau.

G

Camp Hamilton

Ruins of a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp that once housed workers developing regional infrastructure.

H

Tsirege Pueblo Ruins

One of the largest ancestral Tewa pueblos on the Pajarito Plateau, featuring extensive cliff dwellings and a defensive wall.

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