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Haresfield Beacon round barrow.

Looking back along the southern flank of Ring Hill towards The Bulwarks.

The southern flank of Ring Hill, with Haresfield Beacon round barrow (with trig pillar) top right.

The end-on profile of the outer rampart of Ring Hill.

The southern end of the ludicrously massive double rampart of Ring Hill, the inner rampart rising behind the outer.

The southern flank of The Bulwarks, where the naturally steep escarpment makes earthworks less essential than on the eastern approaches.

Towards Y Rhinogydd.

Whatever its function along the route to Moel Goedog and beyond, the stone is also very handy for scratching your head on. Moelfre, with large summit cairn, rises behind.

Moel Goedog hillfort is on top of the hill far left.

Looking towards Y Rhinogydd. Stone D can be seen far left.

Another stone with fine views of Y Rhinogydd.

Looking SW towards Foel Senigl. Stone C can be seen on the right, in front of the wall.

The fence that was there last time I came has gone, opening up the views towards Y Rhinogydd.

SW towards Foel Senigl.

The stone enjoys great views towards Y Rhinogydd.

South towards the prominent Moelfre, which is topped with a substantial round cairn.

With the largest kerb stone in the foreground.

Across the Dwyryd estuary towards Moel y Gest and the mountains of western Snowdonia.

Looking southwest towards Foel Senigl, along the spiderweb highway to the sun.

Looking west towards the Llyn Peninsula, with its superb hillforts, Carn Fadrun, Garn Boduan and Yr Eifl/Tre’r Ceiri on the skyline.

Looking SW towards the conical top of Foel Senigl. Gossamer strands of spiderweb shine in the low sunlight.

Looking uphill to the hillfort. The eastern cairn circle is hidden by a small crest, just behind the nearest sheep on the right.

Looking across the Dwyryd estuary to the cloudy Eifionydd.

Low autumn afternoon light on Moel Goedog (right), from the northeast on the path running from Bryn Cader Faner and Llyn Eiddew-Bach to the Moel Goedog cairn circles.

Towards Moel Hebog before the clouds blocked the views north.

There can’t be many better birthday presents to give yourself than a visit to Bryn Cader Faner.

Moel Ysgyfarnogod from the path between Llyn Eiddew-Bach stone circle and Bryn Cader Faner.

This is a very misshapen, mutilated monument. Looking towards Rhinog Fawr.

In its shallow, boggy valley location, before the shattered rock of Y Rhinogydd rises to the east.

With Moel Ysgyfarnogod on the right.

As the cloud drifts over Moel Ysgyfarnogod.

The monument from the south, almost looking like a conventional circle from this angle.

The small kerbed cairn with cist inside the circle on the left, with the larger stones of the SW arc on the right.

Stones in the NE ‘arc’. It’s really difficult to tell what’s going on here, the stones on the left appear to be the arc of the circle, the stones on the right are aligned on a completely different arc, inside the perimeter of the circle. A very confusing site.

Surviving stones in the SW arc, looking towards Rhinog Fawr.

To the SW of the main arc, and apparently parallel with it, is this arc of much smaller stones.

Towards Moel Ysgyfarnogod. Upright stones on the left suggest kerbing.

Larger blocks on the cairn’s perimeter suggest a kerb.

Towards Rhinog Fawr.