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The stone is not easy to spot in the tall reedy grass. The line of trees on the right is where Carl saw the low, rounded stone. The hillside behind to the left is Graig Fan Ddu.

Looking westwards up towards Twyn Mwyalchod.

Another view of the “possible” fourth ring cairn at the southern tip of the island.

At the southern tip of the “island” is a wide circular mound, surrounded by an apparent ring of earthfast stones. A determined (or wishful) eye could see this as a denuded fourth ring cairn, but Coflein has nothing about it.

Cairn III, looking up the Blaen Taf Fechan towards a snow-covered Pen y Fan, the summit near-invisible under mizzle.

The smallest ring cairn (cairn III), looking SW.

Cairn II, looking NE. Cairn I can be seen behind on the right.

Upper Neuadd II, looking ENE with cairn I beyond.

Upper Neuadd II ring cairn, the largest of the group, looking south.

Upper Neuadd I, looking SE.

Upper Neuadd I ring cairn, looking south across the reservoir.

Corn Du and Pen y Fan from Blaen Taf Fechan, above the Upper Neuadd Reservoir.

Nant Yr-hen heol cairn.

Looking SW towards the scarp face of Graig Fan Ddu.

Looking up the Blaen Taf Fechan towards snow-covered Corn Du and Pen y Fan.

Nant Yr-hen heol cairn, looking NNW towards Cribyn.

Nant Yr-hen-heol cairn, looking south across the Upper Neuadd Reservoir.

Fan y Big seen from Craig Cwm Cynwyn to the west.

The jutting prow of Cribyn, seen from Bwlch ar y Fan to the SE.

A walkers’ cairn surmounts the scant remains of the summit cairn.

Snowy Cribyn seen from Craig Cwm Sere on the shoulder of Pen y Fan.

Pen y Fan dimly seen from the western slopes of neighbouring Cribyn.

Showing the slab inserted into the rebuilt mound (needless to say some tosser has graffiti’d it, hilariously).

Obviously this picture is not an endorsement of climbing a near 3,000ft mountain in a snow shower wearing tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

Another lovely day on Pen-y-Fan. “Clearing by midday” according to the mountain forecast. Bah. But even in sleety snow there’s plenty of folks up here.

Close-up of the restored kerbing.

April (snow) showers blot the views and splotch the lens. A couple of other idiots make their way up from Bwlch Duwynt (left).

Worm’s Head, cut off by the rising tide.

At this point we realised a group of people had been stranded.

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Looking towards Red Chamber cave from the cliffs to the northwest.

The inner bank crossing the centre of the picture. Thurba headland, with its own (better) fort can be seen on the left.

The eastern arc of the outer bank, curving across the picture from the bottom left corner to the centre.

The inner bank, with the promontory beyond.

Inner bank (mid-ground) and outer (foreground). From the east.

Detail of the SE end of the second bank.

Stony scatter of the inner bank.

Looking southeast along the inner bank.

The second bank.

A recent fire has burnt the gorse back from the outer bank, exposing some of the stonework. Looking towards Rhossili Down.

The stone-faced outer bank.

Retrospective of the fort from the NW. The fort rises prominently above the surrounding fields.

The northwestern corner of the rampart.

Natural defences on the southeast.

Approaching the outer rampart from the northeast.

Looking southeast along the rampart.

Approaching the cliff fort from the northeast.

The outer rampart.

Looking towards the inner rampart from the outer.

Longhole Cliff is not visible from the Coast Path, but Overton Cliff Cave, a little further along the cliffs to the east of Longhole Cave, is. Coflein lists it but there’s no indication that it has ever been investigated for evidence of habitation.

Looking back along the passageway.

The roof of the passage, like being inside a body, or a womb.

The inner end of the passage.