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Merry Maidens Stone CircleBY DAVID ROSS, EDITOR
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.
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