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Cupmarks on the southern face of the Roman Stone.

Looking north towards the foothills below Ben Chonzie and Carn Chois.

Looking northwest. The cupmarked slab is on the right.

The fallen stones are beautifully smoothed and rounded. A great candidate for restoration.

Looking north towards the foothills of Ben Chonzie.

Hiding the tree stump.

My first Perth four poster, in a lovely setting.

All Rite.

Into low October sunlight.

Towards Largo Law.

Looking northwest.

Approaching from the clubhouse.

The final addition: this slab inside the circle covered a beaker grave.

Portal stone (left), circle stone (right), timber circle beyond.

Surviving stones of the circle (left) and portal (right).

The timber “avenue”/“porch”.

Reconstruction of the earlier timber circle.

Looking across the henge, ditch in the foreground.

The later henge is visible as a shallow ditch, marked on this visit by the early autumn leaves gathered along its course.

The taller posts marking the position of the platform inside the enclosure.

The mortuary enclosure from the northeast.

The oval mortuary enclosure, with the higher posts marking out the platform inside.

The ditch of the henge that superseded the mortuary enclosure.

The stones on the western arc are being slowly swallowed by the vegetation.

Cist in the circle.

The replica slab with cupmarks and cup and rings.

The cist with (replica) cupmarked side slab. The slab is now leaning inwards at an alarming angle.

Looking east across the three cists and paved area in the centre of the circle.

Eastern arc.

Relocated and rebuilt, this circle still has a lot of charm.

Zoom on East Lomond Hill, from Balbirnie to the southeast.

The wonderfully prominent East Lomond Hill, seen from the lowlands of Fife, near Balbirnie stone circle.

The steeper northern sides of the terraces.

Looking across Markinch from the top of the terraces.

The southern side.

Markinch Hill cultivation terraces from the southwest.

Arthur’s Seat dominates the Edinburgh landscape, seen from Corstorphine Hill to the west.

The group of four, the main panel is in the background.

Detail from the main group.

The main group covers the rock nearest the camera. The group of four is on the larger slab beyond. I blame the meerkats for stopping us getting here while the sun was high enough to illuminate the site.

Single large cup to the south of the main groups, with leaf in its centre.

The cupmarked rocks are between the camera and the tree, happy hunting.

Looking across the cairn towards the earlier Barclodiad-y-Gawres chambered tomb.

Cist stones, the one on the left is pure quartz.

Cist.

Sea view with rain splodges.

Looking northeast across the low platform of the cairn.