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Outer rampart at the southeast.

Southeastern ramparts, looking towards Wighton church.

The eastern ramparts, looking towards the modern entrance.

Northeastern ramparts.

Stone in the top of the barrow, liberally studded with flints.

The barrow is in a nice little (publicly accessible) enclosure, which may be a nice wildflower meadow until the man with the mower comes.

From the southeast, showing that the barrow is more oval than round.

The barrow from the southwest.

The central barrow from the south.

The central barrow from the northwest.

Looking from the top of the central barrow to the lower southwestern barrow.

Looking from the top of the central barrow towards the northern barrow.

The central barrow.

Northern barrow.

Looking from the northern barrow to the central barrow.

The dent in the top of the northern barrow (where the quoit landed, presumably).

The northern barrow.

The excellent northern barrow.

The group from the southeast.

Centre barrow from the road to the east.

The barrow group from the northwest.

The northern barrow.

Reconstruction of the hillfort phase from the information board.

The northern outworks. Looking west along the edge of the Blackdown Hills towards Staple Hill, where I headed next.

The northern outerworks. Looking west towards three of Somerset’s highpoints: Staple Hill on the left, Exmoor centre and the Quantock Hills right.

The highest part of the fort, in the northern section. This would have been the site of the Norman motte or keep.

The massive inner rampart of the southern section of the fort.

Multiple southern ramparts.

Multiple lines of ramparts of the southern part of the fort.

Outermost rampart on the western side of the fort.

Earthworks on the southwestern side of the fort.

The overgrown cairn, with visible kerb stones.

The fort seen from Tregonning Hill to the southeast.

The inner rampart, at the southern entrance.

Inside the fort, looking west. St Michael’s Mount is left of centre.

Looking NW. Godolphin Hill is straight ahead, the eastern end of the West Penwith moors top left.

Looking southwest from the inner rampart.

Sections of the northern rampart break cover of the bracken.

Sorry Rhiannon, I couldn’t find the Giant’s Chair on the southwest side of the hill. This was the only vaguely chair-like outcrop I found, but it was on the northwest slopes so not even in the right place.

The National Trust Heritage records suggest that this may be a small tor cairn, built around a natural outcrop.

A further possible hut circle on the summit next to the previous one.

A further possible circular feature conjoined to the hut circle or ring cairn in the first picture. This might suggest an arrangement like that on the top of Bartinne.

Another hut circle (or ring cairn) on the summit.

A fine hut circle, or possible ring cairn on the summit of Godolphin Hill. Looking towards Castle Pencaire hillfort.

Mulfra Hill B barrow.

Some of the houses are now getting very overgrown.