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Coutyard house outer wall.

The exterior wall of the courtyard house, looking south towards Mounts Bay.

Inside the best-preserved house.

The entrance into the best-preserved courtyard house.

Remaining stonework from the robbed out settlement walls.

What a beautiful stone this is.

Overlooking the lush valley below.

Finally got here, after 12 years of visiting the area. From the south.

The Eastern Isles from Scillonian III ferry. These tiny islands boast a multitude of prehistoric remains.

Samson from Scillonian III Ferry near St Mary’s – South Hill (left) and North Hill (right). Chambered cairns line the ridge of the latter.

Giant’s Castle from the Scillonian III ferry.

Peninnis Head from the Scillonian III ferry.

General view showing the size of the mound in relation to the chamber.

Showing large boulder, which may have been part of the tomb.

The top of the capstone.

Showing the steep-sided mound.

The closed rear of the chamber. Two stones from the kerb (now largely gone) can be seen in the top right corner.

Looking northwest; Porth Cressa on the left, Hugh Town harbour on the right, Samson on the skyline.

Looking SW, with the waters of Porth Cressa behind and over to St Agnes across the sound.

The difficult-to-make-out remains of a second cairn on the slope, SW of the better preserved one.

Looking eastwards.

The top of the cairn, showing some remaining exposed stonework.

Looking NW across the best-preserved cairn. The Garrison is beyond.

Chad woz ere.

Like giant’s bones.

The extraordinary rocks of Inner Head.

Pulpit Rock.

Scalloped by wind and weathering, the top piece of Pulpit Rock from the seaward side.

Pulpit Rock, from the landward side.

The barrows are to the right of the white house on the cliff.

The NE barrow.

The overgrown top of the SW barrow.

The barrows from the parking area near the cliff. Note gold course proximity.

Halzephron Cliff seen across Church Cove from Mulllion Towans barrows. Halzephron Cliff barrow is on the high headland on the centre skyline.

Looking north, the barrow is the darker green rise in the centre of the picture.

Not a lot left of this one – the barrow is barely visible in the centre of the picture. The cliffs of Predannack Head on the Lizard Peninsula are beyond.

The baptistry chapel, with its well in the corner.

Stones on the mound.

The jumbled stones at the western end of the quoit mound.

The principal uprights remaining of the circle, looking towards Boswens Croft and Chun Castle.

Looks like a nice bronze age standing stone to me :-)

With Nine Maidens behind.

Looking NW across the barrow. The prominent cairns on the summit of Watch Croft can be seen on the skyline beyond.

The round barrow intruding on the southern arc of the circle.

The taller stones of the northern arc.

Looking east.