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The SW cairn, looking NW to Mynydd Troed.

Pen Allt-mawr southern cairn, looking towards Pen y Fan.

The summit cairn, with Mynydd Troed (far left), Castell Dinas (left) and Waun Fach (right) on the skyline behind.

Pen Allt-mawr summit cairn. Mynydd Llangorse is to the left.

The SE summit cairn, with the Sugar Loaf behind.

Pen Cerrig-calch (on the right) seen from Pen Allt-mawr. The NW cairn is the blob on the top of Pen Cerrig-calch.

The NW cairn, with Waun Fach and Pen y Gadair Fawr, the highest points of the Black Mountains, on the skyline to the left.

The NW cairn, with the dark bulk of Pen Allt-mawr behind it.

Seen from the northwest on the descent from Pen Cerrig-calch.

Seen from the ridge leading up to Pen Cerrig-calch.

A view of the outer and inner ramparts, looking south-east.

The inner rampart in the foreground, looking towards the shoulder of Pen Cerrig-calch.

The eastern rampart, with The Sugar Loaf away to the south-east.

The NW barrow (SO489778).

The NW barrow (SO489778).

The excellent NW barrow on the edge of the golf course.

The low barrow on the racecourse.

The central barrow (SO496773) seen from the fairway to the north.

The top of the central barrow (SO496773), showing excavation scars.

The impressive central barrow (SO496773), as approached from the south along the B4365.

The SE barrow (SO497770), on the right behind the manure heap, sadly very ploughed down. Titterstone Clee dominates the skyline behind.

General view of the long barrow in its “landscape”.

Visible orthostats from the root-damaged chamber.

Part of the construction of the mound.

View of the mound and the chamber area (under the tree).

Some of the visible megaliths.

The southern rampart.

The western rampart, looking north.

Interior view looking east, the Hafren/Severn in the background. The Wye is out of sight over the cliff-edge beyond the fencing.

General view of the interior looking west. The northern and western ramparts are covered by the trees.

Northern inner rampart, looking east.

The view west from Milk Hill – Rybury is the flat topped hill to the left of centre. Clifford’s Hill is further to the left of that, while the bigger hill on the right is Tan Hill.

Clifford’s Hill, topped with outwork of Rybury camp.

The enclosure seen from the north-west.

The approach from Wansdyke to the north-west.

The Ridgeway, immediately north of Alton Priors.

The stone is actually broken into two uneven pieces. This is the smaller of the two, pitted with erosion.

From the north.

In its landscape in the Vale of Pewsey. The prominent barrow tops the hill just to the right of centre.

The excavation damaged shape of the south-east end of the barrow, with remaining stone visible.

The humpbacked spine of the barrow, looking south east.

Seen from the carpark at the foot of Knap Hill.

Carn y Defaid is top right. Seen from the slopes of Blorenge.

Sunlight on Blorenge summit.

The south-western view. The edge of the walker’s cairn is on the right, the summit of The Skirrid peaks over the hill on the immediate left of the cairn.

The cairn in its spectacular landscape south of the Black Mountains. The Sugar Loaf is on the left.

The excavated top of the cairn. The snow-capped Sugar Loaf is in the top right of the picture.

Arriving at the north-west of the cairn, where the use of natural slope and boulders in the construction is most apparent.

The north face of Blorenge, seen from Castle Meadows, Abergavenny.

Stunning, oversize hand axe dating from early Paleolithic (600,000 – 300,000 BC) found at Edmonsham, Dorset. Now in the British Museum.