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On the summit ridge.

Rybury (centre) under dramatic skies from the Vale of Pewsey.

Storm clouds threaten the downs. Adam’s Grave is silhouetted on the skyline, right of centre.

Snow-covered Corn Du and Pen-y-Fan from Cefn y Galchen below Blorenge, way to the east.

Ysgyryd Fawr seen across Abergavenny from the lower slopes of Blorenge.

The western rampart, with the presumed line of the ditch now followed by a trackway.

Looking west along the southern rampart.

Looking east along the southern rampart.

Looking north.

The overgrown top of the mound.

The low winter sun leaves the northern side of the barrow frozen and untouched. The shaggy moss covers one of several limestone blocks on the top of the mound.

From the north.

Nice rock basin behind the Gorse Stone, looking over the edge of the moor towards Darley Dale.

Looking towards T2 cairn and the southern circle.

Minninglow from Stanton Moor.

Some idiot has had a fire on the central slabs.

Looking east across T2.

The site from the southwest, the bank just visible as a darker feature in the heather.

Stones in the bank.

The western arc of the bank, nearest the path, with stone leaning against the inside.

Another site disappearing into the heather. Looking east.

General view across the very overgrown site. The snow against the bank on the left marks the opposite side.

Triangular slab marking the southern entrance through the bank.

A winter visit is recommended, the cairn will be swamped with bracken in the summer.

Looking north towards the Reform Tower, which makes for the best landmark to find this cairn.

The central excavation crater.

The damaged top of the cairn.

Buried in bracken, this is actually one of the biggest cairns on Stanton Moor.

The low stones of the bank clothed in bright green moss.

The southern arc of the bank, visible as a green curve from bottom right across to the left under the forked tree.

The round barrow.

The badly damaged southern part of the long barrow mound, almost cut off from the northern part with the chamber.

The long barrow.

The winter sun sets over Crippets, from the southern rampart.

The entrance on the east.