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The sheep are standing on the low remains of the bank.

The best-preserved section of bank, on the north. It’s difficult to see in the picture, but the remains of a ditch are visible on the inside of the bank.

Looking along the bank in the NW quadrant.

Stone ramparts on the east side of the fort.

Looking along the SW ditch, with Tal-y-Fan behind.

Looking northeast over the Conwy Valley.

The stone-lined interior of the unrecorded structure. This is clearly “constructed”, not natural.

Unrecorded megalithic structure near Caer Bach. Ideas anyone?

Approaching Caer Bach from the SW.

Showing the circular field wall that now incorporates the dolmen.

The view from the chamber to Pen-y-Gaer hillfort.

July splendour.

Extensive views, to say the least.

Maen-y-Bardd and the Conwy Valley.

With Carnedd Penyborth-Goch on the summit of Drum beyond.

Looking south towards Pen y Castell.

The three spots of rain of the day are imminent.

Looking SE, with Pen-y-Gaer hillfort directly behind.

Looking west – bendy.

From the NW, taken on the lane between Cerrig Pryfaid and Cae Coch.

The western stone (foreground), its followers (left) and the eastern stone (right).

The blockish western stone, looking west.

The western stone and its two followers (foreground and right).

The western stone.

Eastern stone, looking towards the western stone (visible on the left).

Eastern stone, looking down the valley.

The eastern stone, looking WSW.

The lower slopes of the ridge leading to Carnedd y Ddelw behind. Intrepid stonehounds check the cairn out.

Pylons march past and the Bwlch y Ddeufaen stones are straight ahead.

We found this small pile of larger stones to the east of the cairn, not sure if they were part of something...

In the midst of life we are in death etc.

The circle, with the rocky slopes of Foel Lwyd behind.

The two outliers.

The midwinter outlier, looking WSW.

Looking across the circle with the nearer (SE) outlier in the foreground.

The eastern arc of the circle, looking SE with the northern Carneddau as backdrop. The flat-topped hill to the left of centre is Pen-y-Gaer hillfort.

First sight of the circle, with the ridge leading to the northern Carneddau behind dwarfing even the pylons.

With the Carneddau forming the backdrop.

Looking back towards Y Meini Hirion.

Looking across the excavated top.

The Carneddau form the awesome backdrop.

With Moelfre behind.

Approaching the cairn from the east.

Not entirely sure, but we thought this was it(?). I think the stone top left in the mid-ground is the one in Stubob’s picture.

Approaching the circle (centre) from the east.

A row of contiguous boulders appear to form a kerb on the western side.

The centre of the “monument”.

Looking north, four uprights form a line along the eastern side of the “monument”.