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Stonework in the centre of the cairn.

The central structure, looking towards the summit of High Willhays.

Showing the stony structure of the mound.

Looking north.

Fordsland Ledge cairn, looking NW over the Okement valley. Corn Ridge is to the left, the rocky top of Sourton Tors below.

High Willhays summit. The conical cairn is apparently modern, but there’s an interesting pile of stones below it.

Looking from the possible cairn to the summit.

The possible cairn on High Willhays summit. The becairned summit of Cosdon Hill can be seen on the skyline.

West Mill Tor (left) and Yes Tor (right), from the north near Okehampton Camp.

Towards the chamber.

The lateral passage.

The entrance passage.

Rainy day, Capel Garmon.

General view of the chamber and portal stones.

Another view of the cut section of the capstone.

The apparently cut underside of the capstone.

The massive capstone rests on some fairly spindly uprights.

Nestling in the beautiful Conwy valley.

The long mound.

What appears to be the edge of a slab protruding from the mound.

Asyn-bach.

Showing the stony mound.

General view of the chamber, with stony long mound behind. The highest point of the Orme rises to the left, the tomb sits in a natural bowl.

Tal-y-Fan (with flat top, just left of centre) and the northern Carneddau seen from the Great Orme.

The cairn in its headland setting. Afon Conwy beyond. What appears to be a kerb can be seen on the left.

There is an extensive spread of cairn material under the more recent mound.

Looking towards Penmaenmawr and prehistoric-rich Tal y Fan area.

The silver ribbon of Afon Conwy behind. The outer edge of the scoop can be seen on the left of the picture.

Looking towards Tal y Fan (the flat-topped summit) and the northern Carneddau. Next to the cairn is a big scoop, leaving an outer ring of stone.

Looking southeast-ish.

Looking towards the northern Carneddau.

The Free Trade Loaf and companion erratic.

Looking south up the row. The rectangular setting is on the crest.

The tallest upright and its “pair”, looking eastwards.

The tallest upright in the row.

The stone of the row is a crumbly oolitic limestone, more at home in the Cotswolds than North Wales.

Many of stones are barely big enough to protrude through the summer grass.

Looking down the row from the boulders at its southern end. A further “pair” of stones can be seen in the grass on the right, but these did not appear to align with the row.

Standing inside the rectangular setting above the row: the three boulders in the foreground form part of the rectangle. The two nearest also appear to be aligned with the top end of the row, which runs down the hill on the right of the picture.

Stones of the rectangular setting.

Engraving of the tomb from 1867 (Arch. Camb. 22).

Closer inspection of the restored cairn.

The return to Corn Du in worsening weather.

Rain splodges and absolutely no views.

As the cairn is usually swarmed, poor weather at least allows a quieter inspection.

A summer’s day on Pen y Fan. Just as well the cairn is big and obvious then.

The summit cairn, seen across the sandstone pavement of the summit plateau. No views of Pen y Fan today.