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Stone at the base of the mound.

Looking south towards Lockton High Moor.

Looking north from the top of Breckon Howe. Flat Howes round barrows can just be seen on the skyline, centre.

Breckon Howe on the highest point of Sleights Moor, from the south.

Pen Howe from the east.

Pen Howe on the left and Breckon Howe on the right. From the road to the north.

The two Flat Howes barrows on the skyline. Seen from the road to the southwest, near High Bridestones.

General view of the site. Eastern circle on the left, western circle right of centre, western outlier far right.

Looking from the eastern circle towards the western, with the western outlier just visible beyond.

The sole remaining upright in the eastern circle, looking southwest.

Stones of the eastern ‘circle’.

The taller stones of the western circle.

The western circle. 25 years and 1 month since we last came here, so many yesterdays ago. The prominent bump on the skyline is Breckon Howe.

The western ‘circle’ looking towards the western outlier.

Western outlier.

The western outlier.

Low Bridestones, July 2024.

The two tallest stones in the row. The row continues northwards from the stone on the right, but the stones are much smaller and barely reach above the reedy grass.

Looking southwest across the double/triple row towards the Murk Esk valley.

... or is it a triple row?

The row from its southern end, where it’s a double row...

Approaching the row from the north.

The northern barrow.

Large kerbstones around the base of the northern barrow.

The northern barrow, looking towards the coast.

Hob on the Hill barrow, looking south.

Indications of the kerb around the base of Hob on the Hill barrow. The northern barrow beyond.

Hob on the Hill barrow from the south.

The northernmost standing stones in the row.

Pair of stones towards the northern end of the row.

With Hob on the Hill round barrow on the crest to the right.

There are some great stones in this monument.

Looking south over North Ings Slack; Commondale Moor rises on the right.

Stones at the southern end of the row, looking north.

Cairn at NZ63531249, looking towards the North Sea coast at Marske and Saltburn.

Cairn at NZ63531249, the western of a pair on the north side of the track crossing the highest part of the moor.

Cairn at NZ63561250, the western of the pair is straight ahead, with other barrows across the skyline.

Cairn at NZ63561250, the eastern of a pair on the north side of the track crossing the highest part of the moor. The two Hob on the Hill barrows are silhouetted straight ahead in the strip of shadowed moorland in the middle distance.

The large cairn close to the summit of the moor at NZ63451234.

Large cairn close to the summit of the moor at NZ63451234. Unfortunately the bird murderers have erected a shooting butt on top of it.

Long zoom on the prominent cairn on the summit, from Commondale Moor.

Landscape context from Commondale Moor to the southeast. Codhill Heights is centre skyline. Roseberry Topping to the left.

Another view of the cist-like structure on the edge of the moor, showing the slab on the top.

As we followed the track that runs along the western edge of Commondale Moor northwest from the cairn group towards Gisborough Moor, we came across this stone structure, looking very plausibly like a cist, in the bank next to the track, at around NZ635117. There’s nothing on the HER, views very welcome!

Smaller cairn at NZ63661124, the most westerly in the group.

Looking south across the cairn at NZ63831119.