treehugger-uk

the hill on which the settlement stands

the main bank and possible entrance at castle hill

inside of cave B looking out

cave A this opens up into a huge cavern

the cave guardian (bottom left) cave B

a close up of cave C

cave C

cave B

the bowl barrow

a rough sketch of the groundplan here

a close up of the turf covered stones which has now died back a lot more March 2004

more stones revealed

more banks and ditches

the remains of Twist castle on top of Twist hill are just visible slightly off center

twist castle in the background viewed from the Barrow in the foreground

the eclosure at Twist Castle

some of the remains of Twist castle

close up of the carvings

the curiosly carved boulder

The huge stone avenues leading to Barnscar note the smaller peak on the left this has the two huge circles on it plus a smaller one with a large pile of boulders

not the best picture but gives you a rough idea of the kerbs looking west

a wider shot of the circle

an image of the possible chamber

the main bank surrounding the camp

a final shot of the mound known as little hameldon and marked on the o.s. maps with the same name

an image of the chambers on structure 2

looking west towards the rear of the mound

a close up of the T shaped depression hard to see in the long grass though!

the testpit cut into the T shaped depression

a closeup of the chamber in the previous picture

a rough sketch of the possible barrows on the west side of the plateau to give you a rough idea of the shape of these structures

the mound known locally as little hameldon

a wider view of the tomb and the surrounding area

another possible structure?

two of the four circular structures surrounding the tomb

the raised cairn with kerbstones

the centre of the raised cairn

the lower cairn again from a different angle

the lower cairn/circle with central depresion and few remaining centre stones note the kerbstones

side view the tumulus/cairn with the 2 boulders