The arresting Kate and a hot dog offer a sense of scale.
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The huge capstone on the larger of the two dolmens.
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Repaired, thankfully, but a tad heavy-handed.
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A good spot for burning homework.
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A sight to gladden any cromlech-lover’s heart. :o)
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The two dolmens under a magnificent oak tree
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Beautifully engineered, the uprights support the capstone in such a way as to appear as one single support when viewed from either side. There are in fact two of them.
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The inner chamber is very bijou
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The capstone shows a skilled stone dresser worked on this chamber
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The delicacy of this structure is wonderful
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The breathtaking view from this gorgeous little burial chamber
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The ‘Jumbled Heap’ or “Cefn Coch Stone Circle” (my suggestion).
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Part of the fabulous sacred landscape – looking out to Bae Conwy
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Circle 275 looking towards the Druid’s Circle on the horizon.
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Bryn Derwydd Standing Stone, looking towards Cefn Maen Amor Stone Circle – the small dark silhouette on the crest of the distant hill.
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A shot of one of the useful signboards, with a diagram of how the experts anticipate Old Oswestry would have looked in its hey-day
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The Western Entrance, ramparts to the Southern Side. I would not have wanted the task of storming this stronghold.
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Some of the phenomenal engineering at Old Oswestry
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Small and thriving ponds exist in some of the baffling pits which are unique to Old Oswestry
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One of the massive and unsual pits – without a pond
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