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Merry Maidens Stone CircleClick on a photo
to see a larger version A circle of 19 small stones in a field near Lamorna,
on the Lands End to Newlyn road. This is probably the best preserved of all the
stone circles in Cornwall, and it is, unusually, believed to be complete and unaltered.
The circle is remarkably regular, being nearly perfectly circular, on a diameter
of 78 ft (23.8 m), with the stones evenly spaced at 12 foot intervals (with a
larger gap of 20 feet at one point). The Merry Maidens are so named because
local legend tells that the stones were 19 maidens who were turned to stone for
daring to dance on a Sunday. Across the road are a pair of stones called The Pipers,
who were supposedly the pipers who played the music for the maidens' dance.
Looking west across the circle... | 
... and north | 
This Saxon cross is beside the layby on the B3315 where you park for the Merry
Maidens | Details
Merry Maidens
Lamorna
Cornwall
England
Location: On the B3315, 3/4 mile west of Lamorna
OS SW433 245
© David Ross and Britain Express
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