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Detail of kerbing on the northern cairn.

On the northern kerbed cairn. The southern cairn is far left, with Caer Bran hillfort on the skyline above. The hill rising on the right is [Bartinne.

The northern kerbed cairn with fake dolmen. Watch Croft and Carn Galva can be seen on the skyline, far right.

Visible stonework in the southern cairn, looking towards the northern cairn.

The view of Mount’s Bay and the Lizard beyond from the southern kerbed cairn.

The kerbed cairns on the summit of the hill. Southern cairn in the left foreground, northern cairn (with little fake dolmen) in the right background.

Looking north from the southern of the four disc/platform barrows towards the next barrow in the group.

Granite blocks on the edge of the southern of the four disc/platform barrows. The two kerbed cairns are on the extreme left of shot.

The third barrow from the north.

The second barrow from the north.

Looking north from the edge of the northernmost barrow. The light grey stone just visible in the centre of the shot is Wheal Butler menhir.

The northernmost barrow, this is the one that appears on the crest when seen from Wheal Butler menhir.

Looking towards Botrea barrows on Deveral Common. One of the disc barrows is silhouetted on the skyline, centre. The others are over the crest of the hill.

The linear group, looking NE.

The WNW barrow, right foreground, with the central and ESE barrows behind, centre and left.

Granite slab kerbing, WNW barrow.

Possible cist remains in the WNW barrow.

The fine WNW barrow, the best of the group.

The low central barrow, the ESE barrow behind.

Looking north across the top of the low central barrow, towards Boswens Common (Boswens menhir is over the other side of the ridge and not visible from here).

The ESE barrow.

Granite slab on edge in the ESE barrow.

Looking NE across the top of the ESE barrow, towards the West Penwith Moors: Watch Croft (cairns and standing stone, far left), Carn Galva (tor enclosure), Boskednan/Ding Dong (stone circle and cairns), Mulfra and Almaveor/Tonkins Downs (cairns, chambered tombs) and Castle an Dinas (hillfort, far right).