Burrington 14, 15 and 16 from the southeast. I like the little wooden signs asking visitors to keep off the monument, not too intrusive but clear.
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The fine Burrington 19, the other one of the pair to the south of the summit group.
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The low mound of Burrington 18, one of a pair of barrows on boggy ground to the south of the summit.
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The main summit group Burrington 13-16, seen from the south.
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Burrington 16, at the eastern end of the closely-spaced summit group.
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Burrington 15, a very fine barrow.
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Burrington 14 and 15, just to the east of the summit cairn.
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Burrington 13, looking east.
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Burrington 13, the restored summit cairn on the highest point of the Mendip Hills.
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Burrington 11, looking northwest to Weston and the Bristol Channel.
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Burrington 11, the most westerly in the group, looking towards the summit cairn.
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The northern pair from the southern.
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The southern cairn, overgrown but protected from the erosion affecting the northern pair.
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Sparkly slab in the northwestern cairn.
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The northwestern cairn. The northeastern cairn can be seen far left, the southern cairn is darker feature silhouetted against the skyline on the right.
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Detail of the northeast cairn.
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Exposed stones on the top of the NE cairn.
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The badly damaged north-eastern cairn, suffering from the main ridge path crossing right over the top of it.
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According to the OS map, this raised area is where 6c is, but it doesn’t really match the Somerset HER record.
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As far as I could tell, this is cairn 3. The position matches the OS 1/25000 and there is a definite low mound beneath and around the hawthorn bushes.
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Cairn I from the south. The place where this photo was taken would have been in the midst of an extensive cremation cemetery.
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By summer, cairn I is likely to be surrounded by high bracken.
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The silver birches on cairn I greatly enhance the atmosphere.
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Exposed stonework on cairn I.
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The substantial cairn I.
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Cairn I, beneath silver birches.
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Fossils on the rocks outside the cave entrance.
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Water cascades down into the cave entrance.
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The wider footprint of the west cairn. Across the valley, above the treeline, is Dolebury Warren hillfort.
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Exposed cairn material of the western cairn.
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The low mound is overgrown with bracken and brambles.
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The cairn is in an area of felled forestry, right by the track but hidden by the raised verge and bracken. The single silver birch is a good landmark.
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The eastern entrance, framing Steep Holm island.
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The remains of the warrener’s house inside the fort.
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The southern ramparts, dropping away to the steep, wooded gorge that bounds the south of the site.
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Elevated view of the interior from the eastern ramparts. Brean Down and Steep Holm island can be seen in the distance.
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Looking north across the Yeo valley. I think the low hill on the far left is Cadbury Castle (Nailsea), another of the large hillforts of this area.
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The magnificent view northwest towards Weston-super-Mare, the Severn and South Wales. The prominent hill is Worlebury.
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The higher eastern end of the northern ramparts.
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Northern ramparts at their lower, western end.
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Inturned banks flank the western entrance.
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Impressive lines of defence to the south of the fort’s western entrance.
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There’s a real feeling of edge of the world remoteness here.
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