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The longstone in the centre of the circle. If this was ever standing, it would be have dwarfed the other stones.

From the northeast, looking towards the Fowey valley. Tolborough Tor on the right.

The circle from the south.

Southern arc, looking towards Brown Willy.

Looking northwest to Leskernick Hill.

Looking north towards Bray Down.

Western arc.

The circle from the northwest, with The Beacon rising behind.

Looking west from the eastern end. From here Tolborough Tor has dropped below the skyline, but Brown Willy remains very prominent.

The one remaining upright in the row. Looking east.

Looking east along the row, with one of the half-buried fallen stones in the foreground.

Three stone “arrangement” at the western end of the row. The cairn is silhouetted on the left skyline, Tolborough Tor straight ahead.

Cairn to the SW of the western end of the row. Leskernick Hill beyond, Bray Down over on the far right.

The two large slabs set on edge on the foreground hint at kerbs from a long gone cairn over the cist, perhaps?

Towards Brown Willy.

The dismounted capstone on the left, chamber on the right.

Looking southwest across the Fowey valley towards Tolborough Tor and Codda Tor.

With the dismounted capstone in the foreground, settlement boundary beyond. Looking towards The Beacon, Hendra Downs.

Fine hut circle on the southern slopes of the hill, above the northern stone circle.

Looking down the upper Fowey valley. Tolborough Tor is the hill right of centre.

Fine double-walled hut circle in the southwestern part of the settlement.

Settlement boundary wall on the southwestern edge of the site. Looking towards Brown Willy.

What appear to be clearance cairns at the northern end of the settlement. Tolborough Tor just peeps over the skyline, centre.

Some of the hut circles are very denuded.

Larger hut circle.

Looking towards Leskernick Hill. The two Leskernick stone circles and stone row are on the saddle to the right.

Small hut circle. Looking towards The Beacon, Hendra Downs.

How much of this is naturally placed rocks and how much is human activity is unclear, but it’s a really cool site either way.

The upright slab forming the edge of the chamber can be seen on the left.

Brown Willy behind to the left.

Looking southwest.

Looking southeast towards the distant tors above Altarnun. Tolborough Tor on the right.

Looking into the “chamber”. The west side (on the right) is formed of upright slabs, which look as though they might have been placed there by human intervention.

The chamber is the area below and to the left of the huge blocks. Bray Down is the hill on the left skyline.

Approaching from the west. The Beacon, Hendra Downs is the prominent hill in the centre. The distant pale blue uplands on the skyline is Dartmoor.

Kerbs on the southern edge of the cairn.

Looking north, with Brown Willy, High Moor and Buttern Hill (all with cairns) forming the skyline backdrop.

Kerbs on the northwestern arc of the cairn. Tolborough Tor with its prominent cairn to the right of centre skyline.

The western cairn from the west, with kerbs in the foreground and the interior beyond. The prominent hill to the left of centre is The Beacon, Hendra Downs. Just in front of the left-hand slope of the Beacon is the “Quoit”.

Looking across the very low remains of the western cairn (the eastern cairn mentioned by pure joy is in fact the “Quoit”). All that appears to remain is a kerb, various stones of which can be seen in an arc in the foreground, and a slightly dished interior. It’s unclear if there was originally a larger mound or whether it was always in the nature of a ring or platform cairn.

Southeast towards Tolborough Tor.

Looking south, the cairn on top of Tolborough Tor prominent on the skyline to the left.

The tallest upright at the northeastern end of the cairn. Looking southwest.

Edging kerbs along the northwestern side of the cairn. The hill on the right is The Beacon, Hendra Downs.

Looking along the length of the cairn from its southwestern end. The stones that can be seen on the skyline in the centre of the image form Catshole “Quoit”.

The long cairn from the SSW.

For completeness, as well as the two stones in the previous two pictures, there is also a rough alignment of small stones slightly further southeast on the edge of the cairn. To be honest these could be anything or nothing.