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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Merry Maidens (Circle) Alternative Name: Rosemodress Circle, Boleigh Circle, Danse Maen, Dans Maen (Stone Dance)
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Penzance  Nearest Village: St Buryan / Trewoofe
Map Ref: SW43272450  Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 50.065075N  Longitude: 5.588752W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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hallsifer visited on 21st Jun 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

micske visited on 1st Feb 2023 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

MicheleW visited on 19th Oct 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Beautiful stone circle with a feeling of being untouched. The circle forms a cluster of ancient sites within a mile radius. Space for 2 or 3 cars near field entrance.

Richard13 visited on 21st Jul 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 A neat and tidy circle which is also easy to access. As it is adjacent to the road and has its own layby it can get busy but it is worth lingering to find a quieter moment to appreciate it.

LiveAndrew visited on 14th Jul 2021 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Took my wife this time who's disabled. The gate at the entrance can be untied for wheelchair access and the ground is level enough for a wheelchair to be pushed. Remember to close and tie the gate when leaving!

markj99 visited on 18th Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The Merry Maidens Stone Circle is a beautiful little monument with easy access and parking.

elad13 visited on 4th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

bishop_pam visited on 24th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5

CrystalSkullLady visited on 1st May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Dormouse visited on 8th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Easy to get to but it is over looked and you may be being watched. Look out for the pipers in the field on the other side of the road. Usually have the place to yourself - out of tourist season.

FrothNinja visited on 7th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

brianlavelle visited on 21st Jun 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

NickyD visited on 23rd Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

jordibiker visited on 1st Aug 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Sunny late afternoon and only myself and my wife there. Very atmospheric just wandering around the circle.

jeffrep visited on 15th May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Also visited 27 September 2005.

brianlavelle visited on 27th Mar 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5

Psy1968 visited on 11th Jul 2002 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Ogham visited on 11th Aug 1999 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Total eclipse of the sun day.

kith visited on 1st Aug 1999 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Arjessa visited on 31st May 1992 - their rating: Cond: 5 Access: 5 short walk from roadside. Field alongside.

Arjessa visited on 1st Jan 1992 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 1 Middle of farmer's field, difficult to spot.

BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jun 1987 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5

lucasn visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5

georgiastar LiveAndrew Ergler TheCaptain Ogham Bladup celticmaiden55 myf h_fenton rldixon AngieLake davidmorgan hamish JimChampion ocifant ScottHK ArchAstro cazzyjane have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.33 Ambience: 4.26 Access: 4.38

Merry Maidens (Circle)
Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : Merry Maidens Stone Circle basked in late February sunlight (Vote or comment on this photo)
Restored in the 1860s, this 23.8m (78-foot) perfect stone circle is Cornwall's pride and joy. Each of the nineteen stones is about 1.2m (4 feet) high, and evenly spaced at about 3.7m (12-foot) intervals. There is a well-known tradition that the stones represent maidens who were turned into stone for dancing on the Sabbath.

There is a larger gap 6.2 (20 feet) located at the east, which may indicate an astronomically-related entrance to the circle.

Access: In field just off the B3315 from Penzance.
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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by cazzyjane : Merry Maidens and buttercups. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : Merry Maidens. This Original Artwork in a glass frame is £49.99 + Postage (Just whatever it costs), and is 30 cm x 20 cm. A limited (to a 100) edition print in a 8" x 10" glass frame would be £19.99 + £2.90 postage, E-mail me at [email protected] if interested. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : A Rainbow and the light from the setting sun shining onto Merry Maidens stone circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by theCaptain : Here's something I tried before at Boscawen Un , but has worked better at The Merry Maidens. Standing at the centre, I took a sequence of pictures all the way around, and joined them up using Microsoft Ice. So what we have here is the entire Merry Maidens stone circle as seen from the centre, afternoon of 19 Sept 2013. What do people think? (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by BazCross : Merry Maidens, photographed in March 2012 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : The Merry Maidens on a lovely day.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : A lovely clear day at the Merry maidens stone circle.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by rev : Without doubt the most charming stone circle which I have visited. A beautiful day, and all round beautiful experience!. Sept 2003 (1 comment)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by stonedowser : This circle, being close to the road gets a lot of attention. We were lucky that there weren't too many people around and were able to do a pretty thorough job of dowsing the area. Details on web page. Ian. (1 comment)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by LiveAndrew : The Merry Maidens sitting in a sunny, freshly mown field.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by AngieLake : The Merry Maidens on the afternoon of 18th September.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by celticmaiden55 : The Merry Maidens circle, showing the complete circle and unfortunately my other half !(again)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by hamish : This is the Eastern Arc on a very wet and misty day. (2 comments)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by ocifant : The Maidens, September 2002 (1 comment)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by PaulM : Merry Maidens stone circle, West Penwith, Cornwall (SW433245) A 'perfect' stone circle. (2 comments)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Horatio : Had the circle for a while to myself and then also met some lovely people here today as they come and go. Merry Maidens is possibly the best circle in Cornwall, more pics to come (too tired as too busy getting the shots first) Been drumming at most sites, most sites I've had to myself actually. (2 comments)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : Merry Maidens Stone Circle

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Beltane 2023 (2 comments)

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : An artwork i own (and like) of Merry Maidens by the artist Andrew Jago

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Postman : Early in the morning you may get the stones to yourself.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup : A Lovely (summer) Solstice Sunset at Merry Maidens

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by cazzyjane : Merry Maidens, Summer 2011.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Sunny100 : The Merry Maidens stone circle near Lamorna in Cornwall. Dating from the Bronze-Age there are 19 stones in all standing at around 4 feet high. According to the legend, 19 local maidens were turned to stone, for their sins, because they danced on the Sabbath day. Over the road two more standing stones called The Pipers were also turned to stone for following the maidens and playing the pipes.

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Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by hamish : I still think this may have been an avenue leading into the Circle.No evidence just a feeling.

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Ever-Increasing Circles, Exercises in megalithic duplicity - Aubrey Burl by Andy B on Sunday, 03 May 2020
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As the acknowledged world authority on stone circles, Aubrey Burl needs no introduction to Megalithic Portal readers. In this paper Dr Burl examines a particularly circuitous class of these monuments: multiple stone circles.

Stone Circles sometimes present unexpected problems. People going to the Merry Maidens at Land’s End can see the splendid ring, the two outlying pillars of the Pipers, other standing stones in the neighbourhood such as Goon Rith, can puzzle over a holed stone opposite the path to the stone circle, can walk down the hill to the decorated entrance tomb of Tregiffian, but the stones, circle and tomb are the scanty vestiges of antiquity, not the complete prehistoric landscape. There has been a transformation. What the visitor will not see is the companion to the Merry Maidens, the vanished stone circle of Boleigh once about 150m to the south-west.

Until the 1860s four stones stood in a field across the lane. Three others were prostrate, the remnants of a ring about thirty paces or 27m across, one of the biggest in that part of Cornwall. Early this century an elderly local inhabitant told Hector Bolitho, a colleague of Sir Norman Lockyer, that the circle was ‘covered with furze’ but ‘never shown to antiquarians’ by the farmer who was fearful of archaeological interference. Later the field was ploughed and the circle was destroyed.

From Lockyer’s account ‘Mr Bolitho carefully marked the site thus indicated on a copy of the 25 inch map’ (Lockyer, 1906, 268) and it seems that the ring was near SW 431 244. John Barnatt (1982, 158) rightly expressed cautionary words about the accuracy of this reference but, reassuringly, Cheryl Straffon has written that ‘Some years ago crop marks of this circle were observed in the right place by someone who was not aware of its location or existence’ (Straffon, 1992, 4) and the ring may be regarded as an erstwhile megalithic circle adjacent to the Merry Maidens. The problem is not whether it existed or exactly where but why two imposing stone circles should have stood so close together. There were similar conjunctions elsewhere in Britain
and Ireland. They are equally perplexing.

By 1998 some 1280 rings have been recorded in Britain and Ireland, 214 of them doubtful. mongst them are a hundred pairs of circles close together, 22 sets of three, 7 offour, there are 3 groups
of live, one six, no sevens or eights and 2 huddles of nine, both of them in Northern Ireland.
Of 311 possible rings in England there are 28 pairs including eleven on Dartmoor. There are also 9 threes of which the Hurlers on Bodmin Moor is the best known although Stanton Drew in Somerset is the most remarkable. There are four variegated rings at Broomrigg Plantation in Cumberland [Cumbria - MegP Ed] and five at Merrivale on Dartmoor, all of them extremely small.

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Video by lucasn on Tuesday, 10 April 2018
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Re: Merry Maidens by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 21 June 2017
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Notes from my visit Sept 2013

Now onto the Merry Maidens themselves, and it was quite difficult to get into the field by the top gate, which had become quite overgrown and impossible to open. Having climbed over the gate, and it is immediately obvious that this field is surrounded by a hedge which is full of large stones of all shapes and sizes. Right beside the gate is a particularly large stone hiding under the blackberry bushes, which from memory had a little notice and some offerings, no doubt somebody who wanted to be remembered here or had had their ashes here.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Maidens, and they really are splendid in their setting, but do look a bit too perfect after all the other circles I have seen. Some other people were in the circle to start so we left them to it, and went to look at the outliers, and over to the corner of the field to look into the next field, where there are several stones in a pile, but also possibly a stander in there too. Was this the remains of one of the other circles once said to have been around here?

Back to the circle, and a walk round, Dad doing the counting and getting to the correct number of 19. Why he asks. How should I know, but it’s what all the proper circles round here have. Would another stone fit into the large gap at the top? No, not evenly. What about the outliers, of which three fallen slabs remain to be found in the field. Remnants of an outer concentric ring? Stones to make sightlines? Onlooking Dancers not part of the circle or running away as they were turned to stone? I reckon each of these is as good an option as any other.

As we walk down to the bottom gate of the field, this one easy to get through, the stones look splendid up on the skyline.
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Re: Merry Maidens by 4862 on Monday, 02 January 2017
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A video taken from this famous stone circle with easy access. Be careful because the car park can get quite muddy at times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdWaFc0z3f0

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Re: Merry Maidens (Circle) by arthurthegnome on Thursday, 01 October 2015
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Wouldn't mind if it were something useful and rather graceful like wind turbines, but this mast is just to enable morons to have vacuous conversations about nothing or blunder around tapping bits of plastic, oh, and send each other pictures of their dinner.
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    Re: Merry Maidens (Circle) by ForestDaughter on Saturday, 10 October 2015
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    I couldn't agree more. What's wrong with waiting a few minutes to reach a signal? Personally, I would like to see whole swathes of natural and heritage landscapes without any signal at all. Just the sound of birds, insects and the wind in the grass. Bliss! :)
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Proposed mobile phone mast behind The Merry Maidens standing stones, The Pipers etc by Andy B on Thursday, 17 September 2015
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Peter J writes: Hi guys I am a member of CASPN in the far South West who do our best to protect the Heritage sites. A planning application has gone in to put a 73 foot latticed mobile phone mast behind the maidens with 17 pieces of communication equipment on the top so the top will look like a Christmas tree. Many groups including Historic England. and the Pagan Federation are totally against this mast . Does the firm care a hoot ......no.....and they are trying to push on regardless.

What we need is like minded people that are horrified by this to write in and object.

Thanks
Peter

A new application (PA15/08290) has been submitted again to Cornwall Council to erect a 73ft latticed tower at Tregurnow Farm near the Merry Maidens. If you are not in favour of this and feel that it is inappropriate at this location you can help stop it by doing the following two things:
Object to the Application
You can object on the Cornwall Council web site: http://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/...

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    Re: Proposed mobile phone mast behind The Merry Maidens standing stones, The Pipers e by Bladup on Thursday, 24 September 2015
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    It never ends..... This is the comment I just put on the object section of the Cornwall council website - "Enough is enough, A few people not having a phone signal in the Lamorna valley isn't a good enough reason to put up a horrible mast in such a lovely place, After last time [the last mast application] this starts to feel like there's back handers from the phone company to the council to get this done. Apply, get turned down, Apply again and again until you get the answer you want, It's like the actions of spoilt kids not getting what they want, It's way beyond a joke now".
    Please please add your own comments to their website, It'll take a couple of minutes but we need as many voices as we can muster, The new application number is PA15/08290 and mark your response 'object', Thank you.
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Re: Merry Maidens - Urgent Appeal to Stop Wind Turbines in area by AngieLake on Thursday, 14 November 2013
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Please look at the Forum latest on 14th November 2013, for details of the appeal being made to English Heritage for help in preventing the erection of wind turbines in the area of the Merry Maidens circle.
Appeal is due in on 18th, so there's not much time to contact EH to beg their assistance.
The letter [first written by Jan Cutler and passed on to EH again by Sally Petersen], was emailed to me by Jackie, via their friend Robert in Lamorna.
I've just copied and pasted it into the Forum where it can be re-used, and any individual feelings added.
(I've done mine this morning.)
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    Re: Merry Maidens - Urgent Appeal to Stop Wind Turbines in area by Bladup on Tuesday, 26 May 2015
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    The case is still open to be won [and we will], If you go to Cornwall council website, Sign up [anyone can, from anywhere] go to the planning section and quote application number PA15/02584 and mark your response 'object'.
    Thank you.
    The mad thing is you can get a mobile signal perfectly well from the area in question anyway???
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    Re: Merry Maidens - Urgent Appeal to Stop Wind Turbines in area by Andy B on Tuesday, 26 May 2015
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    Thanks Bladup, what's the closing date for objections - can you give the link
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Re: Merry Maidens by davidmorgan on Sunday, 14 March 2010
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Re: Merry Maidens by coldrum on Wednesday, 07 October 2009
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Pastscape:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=422900
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Re: Merry Maidens - Was this circle once the centre of three? by AngieLake on Friday, 21 December 2007
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I believe that the Merry Maidens circle was once the central one of three that ran NE-SW down the sloping ground. I've so often subconsciously thought of the Merry Maidens in a plural sense and talked about 'them', rather than 'it', that I decided to dowse there last May.
I found the NE 'circle' at 68 degs and 34 paces from the existing one. Its northern arc cut into the hedge to the left of a prominent large block of stone, and its diameter was 39 paces.
The SW 'circle' was 240 degs and 28 paces from the existing circle and 32/33 paces across. (I didn't pace across the present circle, but it is recorded as being 23.8 metres in diameter.)
My own paces were long strides, but being a woman, not quite 3ft, I'd guess.
From the furthest edge of each 'circle' [ie:SW and NE] the stones of the present circle appear in sharp relief along the ridge of the slope.

Having read the comments on The Hurlers' possible alignment, I wonder if the same alignment with Orion would occur at Winter...

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Re: Merry Maidens - another interesting stone by Bran on Thursday, 04 January 2007
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Shropshire Traveller mentions the large stone on the bend between gateways; this has always been regarded by local farmers as an "outlier" to the circle and as a boundary between the accepted manors/large farm holdings. Walked past there recently and noticed offerings at its base and what looked suspiciously like recently scattered cremation ashes, strange place for them but obviously someones favorite place!
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Merry Maidens - another interesting stone by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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Look to the south of the circle - there are two stones out from it; a careful look will yield another two stones, one more flush with the ground than the other.

There is another interesting stone to the east, about midway towards what was the Tregurnow Circle. Set between two gateways, on a bend it makes you say "hmmmmn" and IMO is convincing. At SW 43559 24497.
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Re: Merry Maidens by Bran on Tuesday, 02 November 2004
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The field hedging was erected under the supervision of the local county archaeologists and partly paid for in county grants and the stones came from a field about half a mile away that had been a dumping ground for stones dragged off the fields surrounding for the past few centaurys. The new hedges are erected in a traditional fashion where the large stones are placed in the alternate lozenge shapes. Part of the reason for erecting the new hedges is security as there have been attempts to steal the stones in the past decade or so. One of the ones at the top end of the field actualy being uprooted and partialy dragged down towards the old gate. If some of them dont look as weathered as you might feel they ought to be that is the nature of the granite that is used --- also there are a lot of people who lean against the stones or touch them throughout the year (not supriseingly as this is one of the most visited circles in the country)
Hope this answers your queries Sem , and yes we...

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Re: Merry Maidens by sem on Thursday, 28 October 2004
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I think we are coming from different angles Bran.The site is obviously ancient but the field boundary is recent as is the existing circle.
Where did you find the stones you moved there?I REALLY hope you kept a record of these movements as archaeologists need to be convinced of reality before they accept it.
I would like to think we are fighting on the same side but please look at the weathering on the stones in the circle,there is one that looks as though it came out of the ground yesterday.
Yours (hopefully an ally) Sem
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Re: Merry Maidens by Anonymous on Friday, 22 October 2004
Look closely stranger, most of the stones in the hedge were erected in the last 10 years. The stones would never have had any type of field hedgeing around when they were erected, but as the field has been in use for stock for a few hundred years it has had to be walled.
So the truth is the circle is old, the stone hedges are a recent restoration of older hedges that were no longer good enough!
Shame I didnt take photos for disbelievers as yourself, whilst they were being erected!
Bran
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Re: Merry Maidens by sem on Sunday, 06 June 2004
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Sorry everyone,but this is a C19th fake.Look at the field's edge.Every big stone is a classic pillar or lozenge shape (male & female).Why would farmers have cleared these from the field and left a few small stones in a circle?
Also some of the circle stones show very little of 3000yrs of weathering.
We should seek the truth not what we desire.
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Re: Merry Maidens by Bran on Thursday, 24 October 2002
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This is probably the most famous of all the stone circles in cornwall.
A perfect stone circle ,close to many other sites (parking close by at the roadside).whenever I pass by or visit there are always people here.

REMEMBER this site is a favorite place of meeting for local pagans and though they dont mind others being there, they do like to be left alone durring there ceromonies after all this is their equivelent of their local parish church.
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