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Very atmospheric!

Looking out, south-east, from the backstone of the south-eastern tomb.

Across the two lateral chambers of the cruciform south-east tomb.

Sunlight brings out the carvings quite nicely.

The western portal stone, 3.55 metres tall, is seen to lean in quite substantially in this shot, to the point where the capstone now rests on it and the doorstone/septal stone. The doorstone, at 3.08 metres tall, is a good deal shorter than either of the portals.

The point where the massive capstone rests on the subsidiary or secondary roofstone.

The eastern portal stone is 3.59 metres, or just under 12 feet in old money, tall. We speculated how much is underground and reckoned there would need to be at least a third of its overall height. However, as this shot shows, the capstone has slipped somewhat and the eastern portal no longer bears any of its weight.

Looking south – Matthewstown is messy but adorable still.

Kerbstones at the west end of the passage.

From the back in the dappled light.

Gorgeous Gaulstown.

In its own little corral now.

The concrete and breeze-block wall that holds up the rear of the capstone.

Both portal stones are missing and the capstone rests rather inelegantly on the doorstone.

Knockeen from the south.

The chamber at Knockeen.

Wonderful Knockeen.

The front of Knockeen. What a magnificent marvel of megalithic magic!

The back of Knockeen. The concrete lump here is dumped on the boundary wall and it plays no reinforcing role in the tomb.

The location of the small ditch I previously found and called Feature 12.

Its exact location, on What Three Words, is striving.remarking.ember.

I now think it lies on the bank of the north outer ditch, by Feature 6.

It is not directly related to the Causewayed Enclosure, but provides a useful reference point.