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Looking east(ish) under a clear sky.

White Moor Stone.

The outlier, with boundary mark.

Looking towards the White Moor Stone outlier.

Looking south, with Hound Tor visible on the right.

The terminal cairn and the remains of its surrounding circle.

The rows seen from the southwest, on the slopes of Cosdon Hill.

Looking eastwards along the row, showing how it curves south then back to the east. The terminal cairn with the low stumps of its surrounding circle are in the foreground.

Looking southeast across the row, the hills of east Dartmoor fading into the blue beyond.

The two cists in the terminal cairn.

The western section of the rows.

Larger stones make up the northern row, on the right.

Two stones at the eastern end of the row.

The row from the east end, heading up Cosdon Hill.

Caer Caradoc from the eastern slopes of Burway Hill.

The southern stretch of dyke crossing the centre of the picture, seen from above on the rocky slopes of Burway Hill.

Looking over the valley towards Yearlet hill.

The southern stretch of dyke, dropping over the edge of Townbrook Valley.

Approaching the Devil’s Mouth. The dyke crosses the saddle at the foot of the steep ridge (dark with heather) above Townbrook Valley. Caer Caradoc can be seen beyond to the left, Church Stretton to the right.

Seen from the SW, the ring (centre of picture) is one of many prehistoric earthworks strung across the Shropshire hills. In line behind: The Wrekin, The Lawley, Caer Caradoc, Hope Bowdler Hill.

The minor road has cut across the south side of the eastern barrow.

The eastern barrow is close to a parking area and path. It also has great views across the Shropshire hills, from The Wrekin (far left), across to The Lawley, Caer Caradoc, Hope Bowdler and Wenlock Edge.

Close-up of the overgrown top of the eastern barrow.

The eastern barrow, looking west. Pole Bank is the hill on the left, while the much larger Shooting Box barrow can just be seen silhouetted on the skyline next to the road that curves across the right of the picture.

Looking towards Pole Bank over the top of the western barrow.

Looking southwards across the western barrow. The lighter green is new growth of heather, suggesting this will be even more obscured in a year’s time.

The western barrow, lost in the heather, looking north(ish).

Standing above a sea of heather, Shooting Box barrow seen from the south.

Showing the enormous damage inflicted on the north side of the barrow. Looking SSW to the top of Pole Bank, The Long Mynd’s highest point.

The impressive central mound of the barrow, looking roughly west. The rounded hill on the right is Heath Mynd.

Approaching Shooting Box barrow from its NE companion, along the Shropshire Way. Pole Bank rises to the left, the hills of Mid-Wales stretch away to the right.

There are decent views eastwards across the top of the NE barrow, taking in Caer Caradoc, Hope Bowdler Hill, Brown Clee (Shropshire’s highest hill) and Titterstone Clee. All of which have prehistoric remains.

The excavation scoop in the top of the NE barrow shows some cairn material. Looking towards Pole Bank, the highest point on the Long Mynd.

The vegetation-cleared mound of the NE barrow.

The NE barrow, as approached from the NE along the Port Way/Shropshire Way.

Under a big sky.

Viewing the largest barrow from the west, showing its “stepped” appearance.

The SW barrow, showing how the embanked boundary has been cut into the side of the mound.

Caer Caradoc hillfort seen from atop Robin Hood’s Butts SW barrow.

The impressively large SW barrow.

The ploughed-down NE barrow. The Wrekin can be seen behind.

Barrows prominent on the skyline. (l-r): Henley Nap barrow; Robin Hood’s Butts SW; Robin Hood’s Butts NE (ploughed down). Seen from the south.

The heather-covered SE barrow (SO43379618).

Close-up of the earthwork.

Bodbury Ring, seen from Shropshire Hills golf course (in which it is now situated). Looking SE towards Ragleth Hill.

Caer Caradoc is surrounded by extensive evidence of Iron Age life. (l-r): The Wrekin hillfort, The Lawley with its two IA earthworks, Caer Caradoc itself. Hope Bowdler Hill, on the right of the picture, has an IA field system of strip lynchets.

The Lawley (right), with the hillforted Wrekin beyond. Seen from Church Stretton golf course, on the slopes of the Long Mynd.

Caer Caradoc dominates the town of Church Stretton. Seen from the playing fields.

Carnedd Moel Siabod doing its Lonely Mountain thing. From Lliwedd Bach.