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For all the jumble of stones in the centre, this is a superb ring cairn.

Sunset.

Stone on the east side of the circle.

The armchair.

Looking south to east along the arc of the circle, the top of Postie’s freshly uncovered stone in the foreground.

Surviving stones on the eastern arc (the armchair is out of shot to the left).

In the hills of beautiful Radnorshire.

The southern barrow, Dicky’s Stool.

The two northern barrows from the southern.

The top of the northeastern barrow, looking north.

The northeastern barrow, slightly cut by the edge of the road and crossed by a fence.

The northwestern barrow, looking north. There are more barrows on the hilltops of this relatively remote area.

The very fine northwestern barrow.

Looking towards the road, river behind camera.

The ploughed-down barrow at SO 28369 82022, just about visible with a determined eye. Looking ESE towards Clun. Although the barrow itself is barely there, the setting is decent and another example of Bronze Age sites next to watercourses.

The location of the ploughed-down bowl barrow at SO 28369 82022, looking WNW along the Clun valley.

Looking northeast.

Multiple lines of ramparts at the eastern end.

Northern ramparts.

The imposing inturned inner entrance at the west of the fort.

The southwestern corner of the fort.

The southern ramparts. The dark hills on the skyline are the Radnor Forest mountains.

The expansive views to the east along the Redlake valley.

The inner bank and ditch near the east end of the fort, showing how the ditch has been cut through the rock of the hill.

Looking north. The prominent hills in the distance are Corndon (across the border in Wales, with an excellent cairn cemetery on its summit), conical Heath Mynd (one large cairn) and then – I think – the ridge of Long Mynd far right. [EDIT: might be the Stiperstones :)]

Looking southwest, the magnificent Caer Caradoc hillfort away to the right.

Postman gives scale to the not especially impressive earthworks.

Looking north (uphill) along the bank and ditch on east side of the settlement.

Looking along the bank on the south side of the settlement.

The western earthworks, sloping down to Ferny Dingle.

Higger Tor under the rainbow. Carl Wark hillfort and Winyard’s Nick are to the right. From Eyam Moor, near the Stanage ring cairn.

Looking across the bracken-shrouded ring cairn towards Gibbet Moor/Hob Hurst’s House.

The cairn is rather elusive at this time of year. The forked silver birch in the bank is the best marker.

Just uphill from the ring cairn, on the way towards the Three Men, is a substantial cairnfield. Three of the cairns can be seen here, in a rough line.

Looking west towards Calver Peak with (I think) Eyam Moor over on the far right.

Traces of the original footprint can be seen in the foreground.

Looking SSE towards Gibbet Moor, another place liberally sprinkled with Bronze Age monuments.

Looking down on Baslow (great sweet shop there).

Look into the All Seeing Eye.

Arrived too late for the sun on the panel, but it cast Birchen Edge in a nice glow instead.

I really liked it here, there’s a lot going on.

Some of the stones are lost in the bracken.

Overgrown but substantial and impressive stonework.

It’s in the trees...

The light went all weird while we were here.