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The northern aspect. Certainly no manure now.

Landscape setting, seen from the NNE. The stone overlooks the Towy estuary. Llansteffan hillfort/castle can be seen across the river.

Looking approx. north.

Looking SE.

In its sloping setting.

Summer’s morning reprise of previous evening’s view. The hilllfort/castle is centre.

Summer sunset over Llansteffan, from Ferryside on the opposite bank of the Towy.

Llansteffan Castle/hillfort across the Towy from Ferryside.

Illustration of bronze age find from the barrows, shown on information board in Llansaint village.

Court Wood, seen from NNW across Pembrey Airfield.

Wooded and prominent, Court Wood seen from the SSW.

The side stones in the chamber itself have several semi-circular gaps along their edges.

Posted to show that the two front facade stones do not rest on the uprights. They are earthfast and rely only on their sockets to keep them from falling over.

Some days on Zennor Hill it helps to already know the way...

F3, looking out to sea.

F4, one of the less well-preserved houses in the southern group.

F3, the largest of the round house structures in the group.

The southern part of the settlement is built around this prominent rock outcrop.

The best preserved of the round houses in the southern settlement (I think it’s F1 on the plan).

Hut A1 (see plan).

Ivor Thomas’ 1960 plan of the southern (enclosed) part of the settlement, from the info board on site.

The cairn is situated on the high point of the headland, surrounded by an area of shattered rock.

The cairn has a very decent kerb, partially buried under the turf but picked out by the purple flowers in the foreground. Beyond ... nothing.

Another view of the internal circular feature.

Within the body of the cairn is this unusual circular feature, almost like an internal kerb cairn.

Looking SE. Lizard Point is far left.

The Rill cairn, looking NE towards the centre of the Lizard Peninsula.

Massive kerbing.

The centre of the large barrow.

The fabulous Bosiliack barrow.

Looking across another of the hut circles towards Boswens Common and the hillfort of Chun Castle.

Detail of the best-preserved circle. The boulder in the foreground has been cut into, with a circular feature that the Pastscape entry likens to a mortar.

The best-preserved circle of the group.

Looking north across another of the simple circles to the unmistakable tor of Carn Galva.

Hut in the centre of the group.

Simple hut circle at the SW of the settlement site.

Another of West Penwith’s more overgrown round barrows. The backdrop is Morvah and the Atlantic.