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Three cupmarks (one fainter than the others) on a fallen kerb stone on the northern side of the cairn.

Another view of the fine section of kerb.

Beautifully intact section of kerbing on the south of the cairn. Very reminiscent of Raigmore.

Fallen kerbing on the SW side of the kerb.

Fallen circle stone.

The other remaining upright stone in the circle.

Remains of the chambered cairn.

The big stone – thin profile.

The big stone – thick profile.

Kerbing on the west side of the cairn, plus the big stone. Looking across the Nairn valley towards the Monadhliath Mountains.

Looking back towards the circle from the cup-marked slab.

Another view across the slab.

Another group of cup-marks on the slab, towards the north end.

Detail of some of the cup-marks.

General view of the cup-marked slab, looking NNE.

This weird stretch-faced tree is 100m or so south of the circle, if you come the way we came from Farr, it’s en-route.

Landscape context from the SW. The site is low-lying in the Nairn valley.

View of the circle from the cup-marked slab to the NW.

Detail of some of the cup-marks on the fallen kerb stone.

The tallest stone of the circle, at the SSW.

Fine stone at the south of the circle. Despite some past use as a gatepost, this is a lovely stone and tiny crystals sparkle beautifully in the sun.

From the north, showing the fence cutting the west side of the circle.

In the NW quadrant, the sad-faced stone has been separated from its peers. Wonderful though this site is, it could be enhanced further by a simple realignment of the fence, to reunite these stones. Go on Mr Farmer, you know you want to.

The northern arc of the surrounding circle.

Early morning shadows at Tordarroch.

Tordarroch, looking NW.

Quarry-scarred Morlais Hill from Trefechen.

Morlais Castle, seen from Trefechan to the west.

Small (clearance?) cairn a few yards SE of the ring cairn.

Looking north across the eastern half of the ring cairn.

The southeastern arc of the ring cairn’s stony bank, curving from bottom right to centre left and back towards top right.

The ring cairn is difficult to photograph, being very low to the ground surface. Here, it stretches across the width of the picture. The interior is bare of the reedy grass that surrounds the perimeter. Looking NNW.

Bryn Glas cairn IV, looking east.

Fine view of Corn Du, Pen y Fan and Cribyn from Bryn Glas cairns.

Detail of the centre of Bryn Glas cairn III. Note embedded slab.

Bryn Glas III cairn, looking north towards the central peaks of the Brecon Beacons.

Bryn Glas cairn III, to the south of the ring cairn.

Cwm Moel burnt mound. The cairns, hut circles and fieldsystem cover the slope on the right. The hill straight ahead is Cefn Cil-Sanws, with its own substantial cairns.

Cwm Moel burnt mound.

Burnt mound, Cwm Moel.

Detail of stonework at the disturbed centre of the southern cairn.

Larger, possibly burial cairn at the southern end of the site. The burnt mound is straight ahead, but out of sight due to the contour of the ground.

Group of small (clearance?) cairns at the southern, downslope part of the site.

Circular feature towards the south of the site. Coflein places only cairns in this area, but with what appears to be an embanked perimeter, this looks more like a ruined hut circle.

Probable hut circle within the site.

Field bank, running from bottom left to middle right. Coflein places this as being contemporary with the hut circles, cairns, etc.

Prehistoric building platform. Looking ENE. The stones visible on the right appear to intended to revet the southern (downslope) side of the platform, which has been cut into the slope.

Another representative example of a small (presumably clearance) cairn within the site.

Representative example of clearance cairn within the site. Looking south.