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A little kerbed cairn over the wall from the circle, sadly I didn’t have time to investigate further.

The steeply conical profile of the hill from the south.

The equally heathery western side of the fort, looking towards The Cheviot.

Looking southeast towards the moors above Alnwick.

Something structural on the highest part of the hill.

Looking northeast from inside the fort, towards the North Sea. There’s little in the way of visible earthworks to be seen under the heather and bracken.

The prominent hillfort from the southwest, near the neighbouring Hepburn Crags Camp.

Looking along the western rampart, situated just above the steep slopes of the escarpment.

Looking across the interior towards The Cheviot.

The sloping interior of the fort from the eastern rampart (left).

Stonework at the eastern entrance.

Looking northeast towards Ros Castle from the eastern rampart (left side of shot).

Looking south along the eastern rampart.

Looking SSW. The green hill in the middle distance, centre, is Old Bewick hillfort. I think the ridge of hills on the far horizon may be Simonside.

Apart from the modern marker fashioned out of stone from the earlier monument, the rest of the structure is completely covered in heather.

Heather-covered cairn on a natural prominence above the western escarpment of Hepburn Moor. Looking west towards the Cheviot Hills.

Looking west towards The Cheviot.

One of the internal cists.

A serious quantity of stone is retained inside the kerb.

Looking southwest, with Old Bewick hillfort on the skyline.

Looking ENE.

The fine view towards the Cheviot.

It’s difficult to tell if all this stone is cairn, clearance, or something else. Looking back up to the hillfort on the hilltop.

Cairn material, presumably, although it’s not in much of a shape.

Looking over the ramparts of the western fort towards Ros Castle.

Ramparts of the western fort.

Looking from the western fort into the eastern fort.

The steep slopes guarding the southern side. The western ramparts of the eastern fort are on the right.

Approaching the forts from the east.

Old Bewick on the right, showing the steepness of the hillside on its southern side. Seen from Tick Law to the southeast. The Cheviot dominates the skyline.

The boulder on the escarpment edge, near the hillfort. Possible cupmarks on the upper end of the stone. Looking SE towards Tick Law (left) and Harehope Hill, both of which have cairns.

Old Bewick 2.

Another of the Old Bewick 2 cup and rings.

Simple cup and ring on the edge of Old Bewick 2.

Multiple cup and rings on Old Bewick 2.

The fabulous 6 concentric rings motif on the main panel.

The top panel on the main boulder.

The NW cairn seen from the footpath to the south.

Looking west across the NW cairn. Old Bewick hillfort and rock art outcrops blocks the view of The Cheviot.

Kerbs on the NW cairn.

The NW of the two cairns I found (at NU08102158), looking north towards Hepburn Moor. The large stone in the left foreground appears to be part of the kerb, although it’s set a little way outside the edge of the remaining mound.

The excellent SE cairn located on the edge of the escarpment, looking across the Beamish valley.

Kerbstones on the SE cairn. Hepburn Moor rises on the left skyline, the magnificent Blawearie cairn is halfway between the two.

The arc of stone on the northwestern edge of the SE cairn. It looks like a ring cairn, although it could be a very badly robbed round cairn.

The SE of the two cairns I found (at NU08352132), looking west towards Hedgehope Hill and The Cheviot (centre skyline), with Old Bewick hillfort on the right.

Zoom from Brizlee Hill, Alnwick.

Ros Castle is the prominent hill, centre skyline. Further left along the ridge is Old Bewick hillfort. Seen from Brizlee Hill, Alnwick, over 10 miles away to the southeast.

Wychbury Hill is the prominent hill in the centre of the image. The viewpoint is The Four Stones on the Clent Hills, to the southeast.