The Mule Canyon Ruin is a roadside attraction along Highway 95 west of Blanding, Utah.  The ruin was first stabilized and developed when the highway was constructed and in 1973 archaeologists excavated the site and restored it to today’s condition. Mule Canyon Ruin is a good example of the “Unit Pueblo” type of village layout that was common among Pueblo II & III Anasazi.

A “Unit Pueblo” consisted of an L-shaped block of rooms forming the north end of the compound with a kiva located to the south of the room block. At Mule Canyon Ruin this layout is obvious but differs in that there was also a tower located at this ruin.

Sometime around A.D. 750, a pithouse was built on this site as part of a presumed Pueblo I occupation. However, the site was abandoned for many years until it was re-established in about 1000 AD and was actively occupied until about 1150 AD. The room block of 12 rooms likely was home to 2 or 3 families. Some of the rooms had doorways but the main entrances were roof entrances. The single-story rooms at the Mule Canyon Ruin likely shared a roof area that was an extended patio for the village.

From: https://www.anasazihikes.com/mule-canyon-ruin-on-ut-95/