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The classic profile, alas without the classic view today.

This is one of those great chambered tombs that has a sense of motion about it.

You’ve gotta love a capstone shaped like a tricorn hat.

Not the ideal day for a visit. Mynydd Carningli beyond is definitely not coming out to play today.

The stone seen from the hillside to the south. The brownish headland behind is an Iron Age cliff fort.

The row from the SSW, with Mynydd Dinas beyond.

The BT people haven’t been kind to this fallen stone.

Roadside view of the westernmost stone buried in the wall.

Fallen stone buried in the wall, a little west of the westernmost of the standing stones. Its size is better seen from the road.

The ivy hairdo needs a trim.

Looking northwestwards along the row, with a lovely sweep of blue sea beyond.

Arriving from the east. The poor stone on the right of the gate has completely disappeared under the vegetation.

The remaining stone of the former pair, seen over the hedge from the lane. Tiredness and farm-proximity, coupled with the draw of the next site, didn’t encourage us to get any closer.

Sea views across Newport Bay.

The eastern arc.

Where free of scrubby vegetation, the bank of the cairn is well-preserved.

Looking east towards Mynydd Melyn.

The SW arc of the cairn’s bank.

Looking north across the ring cairn, with the Carn Enoch outcrop the most obvious landmark from here.

Landscape context for Glyn Gath ring cairn and Carn Enoch ring cairn/enclosure.

Some landscape context: the stone is seen as a black dot framed by the gateposts, centre.

SE towards the Preseli Hills.

Looking east. Bedd Morris standing stone is over the other side of the hill.

Looking NNW towards Dinas Island.

Mynydd Melyn east standing stone. There is supposedly a cairn just to the west, in the area immediately left of the stone in the picture. The lump on the skyline is Carn Enoch, which has an enclosure or ring cairn just below it.

Mynydd Melyn (Yellow Mountain) from the east. The enclosure is on the left of the facing slopes, just about where the patch of shadow is. The little standing stone is on the rougher ground below.

Prominent Foel Drygarn from hills to the west of Carningli.

Sunlit Preselis, seen from the NW. Foel Eryr is right of centre skyline, the lefthand end of the range is Foel Drygarn.

I think the summit on the right skyline is Foel Cwmcerwyn?

East towards Mynydd Caregog, which blocks all views of Carningli Common. Careful reversing that camper now...

SE towards the Preseli Hills.

Looking west.

Looking NNE.

Detail of the boundary inscription on the stone.

Back in place after its accident.

Carn Ffoi from the western end of Carningli Common. The single stone rampart is visible to the left of the outcrop.

Second hut circle, looking towards Carn Briw on the summit of Carningli Common.

Second presumed hut circle, NW of the first.

Looking towards Carn Edward itself, with the Preseli hills beyond.

Presumed hut circle remains, NW of Carn Edward, although for all that’s left it could be the remains of a cairn’s kerb.

The southwestern arc, showing stonework construction of the bank.

Looking SE across the site, towards the Preseli hills.

The northern arc.

Landscape context from the ramparts of Carn Ingli camp. The cairn is very prominent, centre.

Some substantial stonework here.