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Seen from Flushing.

Little Dennis from Lestowder Cliff, across Gillan Creek. The fort commands views of two river mouths, Gillan Creek to the south and the major Helford River to the north.

Looking northeast. The distant coastline is – I think – the Roseland Peninsula.

The rocks in their new setting.

Looking down on Lowland Point from Dean Quarry to the north. The Barn possible round barrow is the lefthand one of the two prominent mounds (the other is clearance).

The Barn – the village of Coverack can be seen behind.

The Barn from the east.

The Barn, a large and overgrown mound just west of Lowland Point itself. It has been tentatively identified as a possible round barrow, but may be later clearance. If the former, it’s a very fine example.

Further field-system remains. A hut circle settlement lies a little further inland, in the heavily overgrown area extending from the left of shot.

The boundary lines of the prehistoric/RB field-systems run just above the foreshore.

Chynhalls Point stretches out to sea, left of Coverack. Seen across the bay from Pedn-myin, near the ancient settlements at Lowland Point.

Looking down on the mound of the very overgrown northern entrance grave.

The southern entrance grave.

Looking northeast.

Looking northwest.

Mulfra Hill B, being slowly reclaimed by bracken and gorse after the 2012 fire stripped it bare.

Four years since our last visit, mayfly blinks in the timespan of the quoit.

Slight traces of a vanished surrounding cairn can be seen in the cobble-sized stone blocks protruding through the turf.

Looking northeast across the overgrown barrow towards Watch Croft, the highest high on the Penwith moors, crowned with two cairns and a standing stone.

Fluffy clouds above Chun Downs.

The circular nature of the surrounding cairn footprint makes it clear that this was a very different type of monument to some of the other Penwith quoits.

The Quoit is a prominent landscape feature from the west. Seen here as a dot on the centre skyline across The Gump.

Capstone.

Central chamber.

Looking northeast. The hills on the skyline are Watch Croft (cairns and standing stone) and Chun Castle (hillfort).

Stowe’s Pound on the skyline.

Looking southeast.

Looking across the mostly-ruined southern circle towards the other two, Stowe’s Pound on the left skyline.

Avebury. I mean, central circle.

Central circle.

Central circle.

Northern circle.

Northern circle, be-cairned Caradon Hill behind.

Approaching The Hurlers from Craddock Moor to the northwest. There are lots of cairns along the ridge of the hill beyond.

From Craddock Moor. The rampart is clearly visible, as is the abrupt quarrying damage next to the Cheesewring.

Northwestern arc.

Northern arc.

Southern arc, looking southwest towards Tregarrick Tor. There a several cairns on the ridge ahead.

This could be a wonderful circle if sympathetically re-erected.