

The only crinoid I could see was this lovely little one in the top. The rest are hidden by the dried mud covering the stone.
This side has a weird shaped notch in it, about half way down on the left.
A pretend old map of Gloucestershire. What does “long-headed” mean?
Minninglow and the setting Solstice sun. Happy Solstice everyone!
The smallest stone of the circle seems to have had a chip taken out of it. I didn’t check the other stones, but got a quick picture of this as I was passing.
This trunk with coins pushed into it has appeared in Lud’s Church since August 2012 (when I last went). Don’t know if it’s fallen down there naturally or been brought in.
Stanton Moor is easy to spot because of its mast. And it’s a big lump in the landscape!
Aleck Low on horizon with dramatic sky! (Excuse the pylon.)
The stones stand out so dark against the whiteness.
The stones stand out so darkly against the whiteness.
Path crossing the banks and ditch, walking through the hillfort.
Banks and ditch, northern end. The large knobbly tree and the trees to the right mark the nearside bank. The trees in the centre of the photo mark the farside bank, with the ditch between the two. Not very distinct here.
Bank and ditch, northern end.
Sorry it’s blurry – I don’t know why!
The path crossing the banks and ditches, southern end.
My one flint flake from Elton Common – obviously I haven’t done as well as Stubob!
Looking north – it is circular but the heather’s so high it’s hard to make out in the photo!
Looking along the triple cairn. The heather is quite high around and on the cairn.
Stanton Moor is in the background as well as Minninglow, Aleck Low, End Low and other sites on the horizon.
The triple cairn peeking out of the heather. Only the stones of the central mound are visible from a distance.
Minninglow on centre of horizon, seen from Kenslow Knoll.
Seen from Kenslow Knoll. Barrow can be seen on horizon to the left of the trees.
Mystery stone in field on approach to round barrow.
Mystery stone in field on approach to round barrow. The barrow is in the trees in the background.
Overgrown but still clearly visible from the path that takes you round the woodland.
Very overgrown but the mound is still visible.
We came to these on the way back to Carnasserie Castle car park from Ormaig. They look really close together from that angle, until you get up to them and then realise that they are a couple of metres apart.
View of the rock art in its context – if you follow the line of spruce trees from the right of the photo to where they end, the rock art is in a grassy patch below the last trees, between two patches of clear-felling.
With sea in the background for context – sorry for the wonkiness of this picture!
You can see that the black stuff mentioned in rockartuk’s post has increased – I reckon it’s some kind of lichen.