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Looking along the rampart towards Moelfre.

The northwestern end of the fort.

The rampart at the northeastern end of the fort, looking up towards Llawllech with its cairn.

Rocky Craig y Dinas from the northeast.

Some landscape context from Craig y Dinas across Afon Ysgethin to the northwest. The cairn is on the top of the ridge, centre skyline, halfway between the two drystone walls.

Unimpressed with the cairn, Postie heads back to the Stargate.

It may not be the best cairn in the world, let alone the best double cairn, but the setting is a bit special. Looking up the Afon Ysgethin valley towards Diffwys.

The small, turf covered cairn. Moelfre, inevitably, rises behind.

Western stone, looking towards Diffwys.

Western stone with Moelfre rising behind.

Western stone.

Eastern stone with Diffwys, one of the bigger summits of Y Rhinogydd, as backdrop.

Eastern stone, looking up the Ysgethin valley towards Diffwys.

The eastern stone, looking south towards Llawllech.

Looking WNW, all the prominent hills on the Llyn are visible on the horizon.

The southern arc.

Northeastern arc, looking north towards Tre’r Ceiri on the Llyn peninsula and the Nantlle ridge under cloud.

Looking ENE to Moelfre.

Stones on the western side of the circle.

Looking north towards the Nantlle ridge and Moel Hebog.

Looking towards Moelfre.

The mighty capstone.

The chamber.

Moelfre from the Gwern Einion chambered tomb to the north. The hill is a dominant feature from many of the sites on the hills between the coast and Y Rhinogydd.

There are traces of a mound beneath the chamber. If you were being imaginative, the bigger stones could be the remnants of a kerb.

Conical Moelfre rises behind the ruined cottage, the dominant landscape feature from this site.

This is the way, step inside.

Cloudy sunset over the cairn.

Lovely orange lichen in the kerb.

Kerbing on the western side of the cairn.

For all the jumble of stones in the centre, this is a superb ring cairn.

Sunset.

Stone on the east side of the circle.

The armchair.

Looking south to east along the arc of the circle, the top of Postie’s freshly uncovered stone in the foreground.

Surviving stones on the eastern arc (the armchair is out of shot to the left).

In the hills of beautiful Radnorshire.

The southern barrow, Dicky’s Stool.

The two northern barrows from the southern.

The top of the northeastern barrow, looking north.

The northeastern barrow, slightly cut by the edge of the road and crossed by a fence.