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Corn Du, Pen y Fan and Cribyn, seen from Bwlch y Ddwyallt to the east.

The bank of the western enclosure (foreground) with the Black Mountains beyond.

The bank of the western enclosure, looking towards Allt Lwyd.

Looking along the low bank of the eastern enclosure.

Standing on the low bank of the eastern enclosure (left foreground), looking WNW to Waun Rydd/Carn Pica.

The view from the eastern enclosure, looking ENE, towards the Black Mountains (left), Talybont Reservoir and Tor y Foel (right).

Post-harvest. The stones are more overgrown than in years past.

The big, bouldery stones, looking SW.

All that remains of this once-large barrow is a slight rise in the field.

The gate opposite leads to Kinnerton Court I.

A bit more overgrown than on Postie’s visit! Wouldn’t have found it without seeing his pics.

The nettle-bound stone.

The relationship with The Whimble is pretty obvious. Looking WNW.

Looking SSE.

The Whimble and the landscape to the southwest, as the mist finally starts to peel away.

Barrows on (l-r) The Whimble, two on Bache Hill (west) and Bache Hill summit.

Bache Hill east barrow (left foreground) and summit barrow (right skyline).

Bache Hill eastern barrow.

In summer gorse and the last of the mist.

Showing the largely intact mound of the summit barrow.

The well-preserved Bache Hill summit barrow.

The barrow and near-invisible radio mast.

From the south-ish.

The top of the barrow, with trig pillar.

Black Mixen summit barrow. Views not included.

The Whimble, seen from the lower slopes of Great Rhos just before mist and rain rolled in to reduce visibility to nothing.

Bache Hill and The Whimble (the two central hills) seen from across the Harley Dingle “Danger Zone” to the SW. Where’s Tom Cruise when you need him?

Looking SE, with The Malverns behind to the right.

The trig-surmounted mound of the NW cairn. Mid-Wales is laid out into the distance.

The NW cairn. The stones on the left of the mound are an inevitable walkers’ shelter, no doubt made from stones robbed either from the cairn or the hillfort rampart.

The NW cairn.

The SE cairn, looking SE. The ridge of The Malverns can be seen immediately behind the cairn on the skyline.

The SE cairn, as approached from the Shropshire Way.

Looking up to the rocky outcrop of The Giant’s Chair. The hills of mid-Wales beckon beyond.

The rampart running across the northern slope of the hill. The distant hills far left are the Abberley Hills, across the Teme Valley in Worcestershire, which boast their own hillfort, Woodbury.

Low remains of the southern rampart. Most of the southern side of the fort has been destroyed through quarrying. Not easy to see in the picture, but the Black Mountains (and even Pen y Fan) are visible to the south.

Clee Burf, the southern summit of Brown Clee. It is surrounded by the remains of an Iron Age settlement/fort.

Brown Clee from The Giant’s Chair (Titterstone Clee).

Prominent cairn on Hoar Edge, seen from the road leading up to Titterstone Clee Hill.

Approaching from the south. The whole of the south side of the hill (and of the fort) has been destroyed by quarrying.

Looking back towards Sheeps Tor.

Showing the rubble construction.

The robbed cairn, looking ENE towards Eylesbarrow.

Yellowmead flora.

The largest stones, the SE arc of the outer circle.

Looking across the SE arc of the four circles, showing the contrasting size of stones.

Stones of the inner circle.

The perfect central circle.

The SW “avenue”.