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Approaching the stone from the NE through Marian’s Inclosure.

Various stones protrude through the grass, but nothing that you could identify happily as the remains of a round house.

The Dasses, seen from Arthur’s Seat. See any hut circles?

On Crow Hill. If these are the defences, they look as much natural as made-made. The Pentland Hills can be seen to the south.

Arthur’s Seat from Crow Hill. Edinburgh Castle can be seen to the left, fading into the gloom.

Crow Hill seen from Arthur’s Seat.

Approaching from the north along Long Row. Crow Hill is on the left, Arthur’s Seat on the right.

Dunsapie (and Dunsapie Loch) seen from Crow Hill.

The disturbed mound and stone scatter. The Nairn Viaduct is visible away to the east.

The remains of the cairn with its attendant standing stone.

The stone in the SW circle that now stands divided from the rest by the road. Another of this circle’s stones can be seen built into the wall behind.

General view of the SW cairn and its surrounding circle.

Possible cupmark built into wall, inside the SW cairn’s central space.

The SW cairn from autumn shadow.

Two of the cupmarks on the kerb cairn.

General view of the central cairn with its surrounding circle, linked by rubble “spokes”.

Contrasting shapes and sizes of stones around the NE cairn.

General view of the NE cairn and its surrounding stone circle.

Showing the disturbance to the mound. Looking NE, with the Nairn Viaduct behind.

The grass-covered mound, looking WNW. The main Clava cairns are in the trees behind.

Looking SW along the valley. The mound remains a decent size.

The standing stone, looking NE. Across the field (right of picture), covered in brush and vegetation, are the possible remains of a cairn.

No idea if this mound next to the circle is “anything”. It was covered by a bush in earlier photos.

Looking SE. If you ignore (?) the houses, the Cairngorms provide the more appropriate backdrop.

The taller stone (centre) seen from the south-west, with the Spey in the foreground.

From the train window, looking SE towards the Abernethy Forest.

Beakers from Bishop Burton. Displayed in Yorkshire Museum, York.

On a soggy day.

The alarmingly steep drop away on the south side of the fort.

The ramparts at the eastern end of the fort, looking south towards Llangollen.

Looking roughly west. The rugged shape of Cader Idris is just visible as a blue smudge to the left of the cairn.

The mound of the original cairn, surmounted by a modern cairn.

Looking north to the Clwydians from the summit cairn. Moel Famau (the highest Clwydian) dominates the centre.

Approaching the cairn from the ramparts.

Approaching the highest point of the hill at its eastern end. Lunatic runner provides scale. Looking eastwards, the Dee, Stanlow Oil Refinery and Merseyside are visible.

Looking NW along the northern rampart, towards a hazy and near invisible Snowdonia. G/F provides scale for the impressive earthworks.

Multiple lines of ramparts and ditches. A good point to get your breath back!

The imposing bulk of Foel Fenlli, seen from Offa’s Dyke Path to the NW.

Moel y Gaer, lit up by the afternoon sunshine, seen from the SE.

Foel Fenlli from slopes of Moel Famau to the north.

Seen from Offa’s Dyke path, to the NE.

Seen from Offa’s Dyke Path, to the south. The neighbouring hillfort of Penycloddiau is to the left.

Seen from Moel Llys-y-coed, to the SE, showing the very steep southern approach.

The enclosure (foreground), overlooked by the steep knoll topped by the Garn Felen cairn III.

Several courses of stonework remain.

Looking SE.