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Pre-equinoctial sunrise, 21.9.2016.

Pre-equinoctial sunrise, 21.9.2016

Low mists cling to the shallow valleys.

Cup mark on a stone of the western arc.

Cup mark on stone of the western arc

The nearest stone is the one with cup marks.

Looking over the barrow in the henge towards Gib Hill and Lean low.

Only from this and the other side can you see the long cairn underneath the round cairn on top.

Looking over the top of Gib Hill and it’s top stone towards Arbor Low.

Only from this and the other side can you see the long cairn underneath the round cairn on top.

There was a small swimming pool under here last time I came.

Can you see the sand? you need to see sand or else you’ll get wet. No sand= no cave. The cave is just round the corner right.

The oldest known sanctuary of the dead in Britain

The back of the cave.

From the back.

A misty, blustery, rainy day out there.

The quartz seam at the cave entrance, how long has quartz been special to people?

I cant think of a more famous cave.
Can you see the quartz seam at the cave entrance.

Nearly there.

The cave is left below the tower of rock, and the gorge one has to carefully navigate to get here.

You can just see the entrance to the cave, with a fort above it. I bet they had no idea.

2nd September, 3.27pm.
If you can see sea bottom left then the cave is cut off.
I misread the tide timetable, I thought low tide was at 3pm. It wasnt. There really is no other way to the cave bar abseiling, I checked it out from all sides, well narked I can tell you, but a second prize is here for all, a nice cliff top promontory fort.

Clearly some capstones have gone