I completed the dungeon Yngol Barrow. Killed the bad guy, looted him and the chest, there is a gate with a chest and a spiral staircase going up. There is a waste-high pillar with a button that does nothing! The gate will not open. According to the guide book that I bought, I should be able to just exit the dungeon via the spiral staircase. I would if I could! Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Put on his helm then activate the button.

You have to take the helm off the skeleton sitting on the throne.

Did you face Yngol's ghost, or a draugr boss? If the boss, it's a bug, and you may need to re-load, as the last door activates when you take the helm from the defeated ghost.

OK, I've killed the Draugr Overlord at the end of the dungeon - 3 times now! I put on the Helm Of Winterhold, pushed the button....nothing. The button does nothing. The gate at the back of the room opposite the throne does not open. I cannot leave, other than out the front entrance. Any ideas? Or am i just SOL?

I had the quest from the Jarl in Winterhold to get the Helm. I went back to him and gave him the helm, but it wont let me finish the quest. Well, it will - sort of - as it will go through the quest dialogue and allow me to be Thane, but it still says I have to finish the quest and I get no reward from it upon completion, other than the Thanehood.

The game seems to get confused because there is also a quest to find a steel war axe in the same place. I think the quests both get bugged criss crossing like they do.