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The enigmatic circular feature inside the Neolithic enclosure. Looking towards Cooper’s Edge and Gloucester.

The northwestern escarpment. Bredon Hill, with two forts, can be seen far left skyline.

The Iron Age ramparts.

Looking towards the long barrow from the almost-gone round barrow (the lighter green area in the foreground).

Shiny new information board has a nice aerial shot showing the rampart and the square enclosure around the barrow, thought to be an Iron Age burial site.

Larger round house parch mark inside the fort.

One of the round house parch marks inside the fort.

High summer growth on the rampart.

Sunlight on Devil’s Chimney.

The view north, taking in at least three more hillforts: Bredon, Nottingham Hill and Cleeve Cloud.

Barrow I, with a mobbed Barrow II over to the right.

Very overgrown Barrow I, at the western end of the group.

Barrow II, the largest barrow in the group on the summit of the hill.

Terrific view from Barrow II up the Taf valley towards a hazy Brecon Beacons.

Folks give scale to Barrow II, on the summit of the hill.

Barrow III, the least impressive of the group. Terrific views across the Hafren towards Somerset though.

Looking across the top of Barrow IV towards Cardiff and the Hafren/Severn.

The low and overgrown Barrow IV, the second-most easterly.

Barrow V.

Barrow V in some proper summer weather.

Superb Barrow V, the most easterly of the group, with even bigger Barrow II visible beyond.

The brown stuff is mineral deposits (predominantly iron) bubbling up through the heated water.

The rocky eminence of the fort rises above the town of Abermaw/Barmouth. Seen from across the Mawddach estuary.

Pared y Cefn-hir rises to the right of centre, in a scene that could be from a Scottish loch, but is the Mawddach estuary from the toll/railway bridge.

Lost in a forest, all alone.

Despite the damage and dumping, this a substantial monument.

The exhaust pipe crucifix isn’t a great addition, to be honest.

Empty beer can gives scale to the displaced capstone.

After the mud of the forestry tracks, it was a relief to finally find the clearing with the cairm.

Stones and cairn.

Eastern stone and sea view.

Eastern stone.

Western stone with cairn silhouetted behind.

Western stone.

Western stone.

The adjacent large round cairn is over the wall. Pared y Cefn-hir hillfort is the backdrop.

The large round cairn next to the stones is in the centre of the shot, with the stones to the right and Pared y Cefn-hir hillfort rising far left.

Remains of walls on the south side of the track. The western end of the Cadair Idris massif looms in the cloud, the Bedd y Brenin cairn is hidden in the forestry.

Enclosure wall curves across the foreground slopes.

The remains of a later rectangular structure can be seen inside the curving enclosure wall. Fairbourne lies way below.

Looking down on the settlement. Afon Mawddach is the wide river, while the dark silhouette of Pared y Cefn-hir hillfort rises jaggedly over to the right.

The damaged top of the cairn.

Looking down on Fairbourne and Abermaw/Barmouth. The coast of the Llyn peninsula is dimly seen on the left.

Looking down on a mizzly Afon Mawddach.

Approaching from the southwest.

Looking NE across the fragmentary hut circle settlement near the row. The darkly rugged hill on the centre skyline is the terrific Pared y Cefn-hir hillfort.

Fragmentary remains of a hut circle settlement just to the NNW of the row.