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The SE barrow.

Nine Maidens.

Looking north, with Carn Galva behind.

Looking south to Ding Dong.

The natural outcrop surrounded by possible cairn base, from the east.

Watch Croft cairn from the natural outcrop. The walker’s shelter built from the stones of the cairn is visible to the left of the trig point.

Looking over the moors to the southeast.

Watch Croft standing stone in summer.

Chun Quoit in its landscape, with Watch Croft (the highest point in West Penwith) behind.

Looking SW towards Botrea barrows on the skyline.

The central barrow – the thickness of the slab roofing the damaged chamber is clearly visible.

The overgrown top of the SW barrow, with the remains of a kerb peaking through the bracken and foxgloves.

The circle seen from the destroyed western circle.

One of the remaining stones of the destroyed western circle.

The stones surrounded by summer bracken (which obviously isn’t much of an appetiser on the grazing menu).

Two small standing stones lie to the NW of the row, the NW one in the foreground has fallen – taken from the bridleway near Cefn Llanerchi.

A green world of overgrown earthworks under the treeline.

Looking across the fort interior to the entrance.

Looking towards the annexe from the main fort.

The bank around the main enclosure, curving away to the left.

Looking NE along the ditch separating the main enclosure from the parallel earthworks to the SE.

The overgrown earthwork to the NE of the fort.

Llanvair Discoed “menhir” in muddy isolation.

The two outliers, southern in the foreground, northern behind.

The square granite bulk of the southern outlier.

The “double slab” of the northern outlier.

The northern outlier.

The low recumbent stones of the circle, with the fallen “cove” stones nearest to the right-centre of the picture.

The circle and nearest outlier, seen from the east in spring vegetation.

The fallen “cove” stones in the circle.

Cairn at the western end of Gray Hill.

The barrow, seen from the path leading to Foresters Oaks picnic area.

The top of the barrow, surrounded by spring vegetation.

Foresters Oaks barrow, looking roughly north.

The eastern barrow from the trees.

The smaller western barrow.

The western barrow from the top of the eastern.

The eastern barrow with spring flowers.

The larger, eastern barrow, approached from the forestry track.

From the NE.

Woodleaze long barrow, from the NW.

Hand axe from Leckhampton Hill in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery. Presented by famous Gloucestershire historian/antiquarian George Witts.

Hand axe from Birdlip, in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

Hand axe from Oxenton, in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

Finds from Salmonsbury, in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

Bronze pins from Salmonsbury, in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

Iron Age currency bars found at Salmonsbury, in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

More finds from Nottingham Hill in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.

Finds from Nottingham Hill in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery, including a whetstone, palstave and knife.

Bronze swords from Nottingham Hill in Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery.