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Two limestone slabs (or one broken one) exposed on the top of the barrow. I don’t recall seeing these before.

The western end of the barrow.

Crippets long barrow from Greenway Lane.

One last look before lockdown.

Contemplating, circulating, new life.

The western barrow from the south.

The western barrow.

The elongated mound of the western barrow.

The western barrow.

The northwestern side of the eastern barrow.

The eastern barrow from the south.

The top of the eastern barrow, with evidence of a fire unfortunately.

Looking from the eastern barrow to the western barrow (centre).

The very fine eastern barrow, as good as any round barrow in Gloucestershire.

Tar Barrow from the east.

Eastern ramparts from the northeast.

Northern rampart looking east.

The track to the settlement beneath the sheltering cliffs, in beautiful May sunshine.

Cupmarks on the middle stone.

The midwinter sun arrives.

One of the biggest stones I found, uncovered from the soil and leaf litter.

Interesting erosion on one of the bigger stones in the bank.

More small uprights set at right angles to the bank, this time on the northwestern arc.

Small orthostats set on edge across the width of the bank – maybe suggestive of the edging of an entrance.

The southern arc, showing various upright stones, curving left from the small mossy stone in the middle foreground, then right to the tree on the extreme right of shot, which has a stone at its base.

Looking across the ring from the upright on the southeast(ish) side.

Upright on the southeast (I think) of the ring.

One of the larger uprights embedded in the bank.

Approaching from the west-ish. The bank is visible as a green feature in the leaf litter. It extends across the picture, curving round to the right of the tree in the right foreground.

Late afternoon, from the outskirts of Wooler.

Below Humbleton Hill.

From the lower slopes of Harehope Hill, near the enclosed settlement.

Long zoom on the ramparts from White Law to the WNW.

Showing the enclosing bank picked out by browning bracken.

Inside the enclosing bank, looking north.

Looking east from the settlement.

Looking back to the fort from the slopes of Harehope Hill.

Looking over the steep gully to the east. Humbleton Hill is the prominent hill just left of centre.

Northwestern ramparts.

Northern rampart, below the top of Harehope Hill.

Looking through what appears to be the entrance. Yeavering Bell looms darkly on the skyline.

Looking northwest across the ramparts. Gleads Cleugh promontory fort is clearly seen across the valley to the right.

Inner and middle ramparts, with Gains Law rising behind.

Three lines of ramparts on the west side.

From the west.