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Utah: Cedar Mesa
Grand Gulch 2008
Collins Canyon to Pollys Island
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In 2008, we spent 4 days in Grand Gulch, first hiking north from Collins Spring to Pollys Island, then south to Shaw Arch, then back to Collins Spring. This page displays just a few of the photos that we took during the first 2 days. The distance for the 4 days wasn't that great, but we spent a LOT of time finding a LOT of archeological sites.


pictograph Bannister House ruin pictographs

pictograph Bannister House ruin pictographs
pictograph Black ruin granary

pictograph Black ruin granary

Our turnaround for the first two days was Pollys Island, Which is a rock formation with a ruin near the top. Close by there's also a very large and complex petroglyph panel that's mostly obscured by a huge rock. At the back of the western arm of the canyon surrounding the Island is a small, very old ruin with a hands panel and a number of petroglyphs.


Hands panel Polly's Island ruin Mud pictographs

Hands panel Polly's Island ruin Mud pictographs

One of the oddities here is the "mud pictographs". But this is not the only place we've seen them.


Pictographs Polly's panel petroglyphs Petroglyphs

Pictographs Pollys Panel petroglyphs Petroglyphs
Black ruin granary Pollys Panel petroglyphs Petroglyphs

Black ruin granary Pollys Panel petroglyphs Petroglyphs


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