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Boscawen-ûn
The stone circle at Boscawen-ûn is considered to be one of
Cornwall's most popular prehistoric ceremonial centres as well as
one of extreme aesthetic beauty. It lies beneath the southern slopes
of Creeg Tol near St Buryan. |
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Boskednan
Boskednan stone circle is situated in an extensive area of moorland
to the south-east of Carn Galver, West Penwith. Although it is also
known as the Nine Maidens, the circle now comprises eleven stones,
two of which are fallen. |
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Craddock Moor
Sited in an area of gently sloping rough moorland pasture on Bodmin
Moor, the Craddock Moor stone circle consists of sixteen or
seventeen stones, all fallen and some broken. |
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Duloe
Nestled unobtrusively in the corner of a field beside a Cornish
hedge stands Duloe stone circle, the smallest stone circle in
Cornwall. The flat ridge top on which it lies is flanked half a mile
to either side by deep valleys containing the Looe and West Looe
rivers. |
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Fernacre
Fernacre stone circle is sited on a gentle east facing moorland
slope, on Bodmin Moor, surrounded by three hills which mark the
cardinal points of the compass, giving the impression that this
location was very carefully chosen. |
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Men-an-Tol
This iconic and highly photogenic site is one of the best known
megalithic structures in Britain. The name ‘Men an Tol’ means simply
“holed stone” and despite having been considered a significant and
popular monument from a very early date, its true purpose remains a
mystery. |
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Merry Maidens
The Merry Maidens is one of the few “true” stone circles in
Cornwall, being perfectly circular; it comprises nineteen stones
today but is thought to originally have consisted of just eighteen. |
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Stannon
Stannon stone circle is located at the edge of the rolling expanse
of Stannon Moor, just above a river valley which marks the upper
limit of modern cultivation. |
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The Hurlers
On the gentle south-facing slope of Minions Moor, a landscape
heavily scarred by mining and quarrying, stand the three great stone
circles known as the Hurlers. Folk tales explain that the stones
represent local people turned to stone by a humourless deity for
playing the game of Hurling on the Sabbath. |
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Tregeseal
The stone circle at Tregeseal now stands alone on the gentle slopes
of Truthwall Common to the south of Carn Kenidjack but originally it
was part of a ritual complex comprising two and possibly three
circles in a roughly east-west alignment. |
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Trippet Stones
The stone circle known as the Trippet Stones is an impressive site
in open moorland on the lonely expanses of Manor Common in Blisland
on Bodmin Moor. |
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