Cave Ruin is a small ruin that’s in a cave.  Easy enough, right?  It really is an easy and quick adventure that won’t take you more than 10 minutes.  This isn’t a “must-see” adventure, but if you are in the area and want something easy to do while still seeing an ancient ruin up-close, then this might be for you.

Always remember to never touch the ruins or lean against them.  Don’t take any artifacts or relics from these sites.

I simply drove my car to a nice parking spot and walked straight to the ruin.  The ruin is located inside a shallow cave and it’s clear that this ruin was much larger in its original state.  It’s been destroyed or has broken to the ground – it’s not clear.  Probably both.  This one is located right next to a road and the city of Bluff, so it has been unfortunately heavily vandalized.

The ruin was most likely created by the Ancestral Pueblo Indians about 700-1000+ years ago.  It was fun to admire the craftsmanship and masonry done on this ruin.

There is another cave nearby that had a blackened roof from ancient fires just like at Cave Ruin.  There doesn’t appear to have been a ruin built in this one.