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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nine Maidens Stone Row - Stone Row / Alignment in England in Cornwall

Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, 17 February 2023  Page Views: 31441

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Nine Maidens Stone Row
Country: England County: Cornwall Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Bodmin  Nearest Village: St Columb Major
Map Ref: SW93636754  Landranger Map Number: 200
Latitude: 50.471271N  Longitude: 4.909599W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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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Giraffic visited on 16th Apr 2021 - their rating: Access: 3

lucasn visited on 13th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

ajmp3003 saw from a distance on 6th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3

SandyG visited on 19th Oct 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available at SW 93533 67827. From here there are two separate routes to the different parts of the row. To visit the Nine Maidens you should with care walk south along the road verge to SW 93748 68225 and then follow the footpath to the stones. To visit the Fiddler you should walk with care northward along the road verge to SW 93748 68225 and then follow the footpath to SW 93935 68182. From this point the stone and vista can be appreciated. To enter the field permission will need to be sought.

markj99 visited on 13th Oct 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 It is easy to visit this stone row from a dedicated lay-by on the A39. The substantial length of the stone row and height of the stones are impressive.

TheCaptain visited on 28th Sep 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 A second trip to the 9 Maidens this week, the field was still absolutely sodden, and we were over our ankles in places, which seemed strange as it is all on a reasonable slope and looked like it should drain reasonably well. At the far side of the field are the Maidens, 9 evenly spaced stones, a couple of which are now only stumps. However, the field and hedges around here are littered with large stones, and there is no doubt that there once could have been many more in this row.

Catrinm visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4

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

Ergler Bladup rldixon AngieLake Andy B TheCaptain cazzyjane SimonBlackmore askew have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.57 Ambience: 4.14 Access: 3.5

Nine Maidens Stone Row
Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row looking SW (Vote or comment on this photo)
Once thought to be the only stone row in Cornwall, but no longer the case with stone rows found on Bodmin Moor, this row is to be found beside the A39 near to Winnards Perch, a few miles southwest of Wadebridge. At the far side of the field are the maidens, nine evenly spaced stones, a couple of which are now only stumps. However, the field and hedges around here are littered with large stones, and there is no doubt that there once could have been many more in this row. The Fiddler stone a few hundred metres to the NNE may be the northern end of this alignment. (see nearby sites list on our page)

The row is more than 100 metres long and has grid refs of SW 93636754 to SW 93686764 for the ends.

This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain - see their entry for Nine Maidens, which includes a description, a plan of the row and its immediately prehistoric landscape, photographs of the alignment and its individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information. The SRoGB notes: "It is however not known with any certainty whether the Fiddler at the northern end originally formed part of the row. It is however probable that this now isolated stone formed the northern end of the row". See SandyG's plan of the row below and the separate site page for The Fiddler in the 'nearby sites' list below.

The row is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 430372 and scheduled as part of Historic England List Entry No. 1021223 (The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by rldixon : Nine Maidens stone row taken about 8pm 29-5-2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by rldixon : Nine maidens taken about 8 pm 29-5-2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Giraffic : Nine Maidens Stone Row - April 2021 (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row (2 comments)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by cazzyjane : Nine Maidens stone row. Well worth the rather scary walk along the main road to get to the style at the bottom of its field! (1 comment)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by cazzyjane : Close up of the lovely third stone of the row.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by cazzyjane : Nine maidens stone row. October 2010.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Theenchantednomads : Nine Maidens stone row

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Theenchantednomads : An impromptu visit to the nine maidens stone row, once thought, before further evidence provided otherwise, to be the only stone row in Cornwall. After we diced with death walking along the A39 we reached a wooden stile secreted in the corner on which to climb to gain access to the field in which the stone row is situated. As we walked along the track a group of sheep were sheltering f...

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by lucasn : Nine Maidens Stone Row, in a large field beside the A39 between St Columb Major and Wadebridge

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by SandyG : Plan of the Nine Maidens from the Stone Rows of Great Britain, showing how The Fiddler might possibly be the northern end of this row.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by postman : It's taken me ages to get to see these stones, they are not disappointing.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by postman : It took all day but finally some Cornish blue skies, their not like blue skies elsewhere you know.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by postman : Okay class line up by the stream.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by postman : A river runs through it, well a stream runs by it.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by bec-zog : Nine Maidens , St Columb Major. SX937,676. Stone Row 5 stones still " complete", 1 recumbany, 2 visible stumps, S stone broken, evidence of robbed stone utilised in more modern structures. One recent added stone.

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by bec-zog : Nine Maidens , St Columb Major. SX937,676. Stone Row

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Andy B : (1 comment)

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Andy B

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row

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Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup : Nine Maidens Stone Row looking SW

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 736m NNE 22° The Fiddler* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW9393368211)
 962m NW 309° Trelow Downs Stone Row / Alignment (SW92906817)
 1.6km ENE 67° Rosenannon Downs W* Barrow Cemetery (SW95126811)
 2.0km ENE 71° Rosenannon Downs* Barrow Cemetery (SW95556810)
 2.2km ENE 66° Pawton Gate Round Barrow(s) (SW95716837)
 2.4km ESE 111° St Mary's Well (Rosenannon)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW958666)
 2.6km ENE 60° Pawton Springs* Barrow Cemetery (SW9593468737)
 3.2km ENE 75° St Breock Beacon Kistvaen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SW9677968243)
 3.2km ENE 74° Men Gurta* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW96786831)
 3.3km WNW 288° Water Music Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW9055068697)
 3.6km NE 53° Pawton Quoit* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SW96586960)
 3.7km NNW 337° Trenance Rounds* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW923710)
 3.7km ENE 77° St Breock Downs Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW9731468264)
 3.8km SSE 150° St. Wenna's well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW954642)
 3.8km ENE 74° St Breock Downs North* Barrow Cemetery (SW9737668449)
 4.0km ENE 78° St Breock Downs Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SW97606821)
 5.3km SSE 168° Castle an Dinas (St Columb)* Hillfort (SW94556236)
 5.3km NNE 30° Whitecross (Wadebridge)* Ancient Cross (SW965720)
 5.7km SE 132° Demelza Castle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SW977636)
 5.7km S 191° Devil's Quoit (St Columb Major)* Burial Chamber or Dolmen (SW9234161952)
 6.1km SE 143° Belowda Beacon tumuli* Barrow Cemetery (SW97136254)
 6.5km W 272° St Eval Airport Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SW87146803)
 6.5km WSW 253° St Mawgan's Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SW87276592)
 6.6km WSW 254° Mawgan Cross* Ancient Cross (SW87256594)
 6.6km WNW 282° St Eval Church Stones* Standing Stones (SW87196916)
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Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by Sunny100 on Monday, 04 November 2019
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I think the grid reference for this site should be SW 93600 67500 and co-ordinates 50.470902N -4.909998W.
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    Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 05 November 2019
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    Thanks for spotting this, it has somehow got changed to that of the Fiddler. The 100 metre long row actually has grid refs of SW 93636754 to SW 93686764, I have corrected.
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      Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by Anne T on Tuesday, 05 November 2019
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      That must have been me, as I was updating the site page with information from The Stone Rows of Great Britain, and the grid reference Sandy gives is SW 93933 68211, which is that of the Fiddler. I'd already made a note to ask him to amend the ngr on his site page but thought I'd changed the grid reference here. Apologies for creating additional work. Well spotted.
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        Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 06 November 2019
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        Thanks Anne, just thought I'd better mention it. All the best.
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          Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by Anne T on Wednesday, 06 November 2019
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          Hi, Sunny. I remembered that after posting my last comment yesterday evening that the SRoGB entry says: "It is however not known with any certainty whether the Fiddler at the northern end originally formed part of the row. It is however probable that this now isolated stone formed the northern end of the row". This is also reflected in the Historic England scheduling and Pastscape entries. I have modified both SIDs and added SandyG's site plan to demonstrate the possible link. Any issues, please let me know. Thanks.
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            Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 06 November 2019
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            That takes an awful lot of unfounded extrapolation and speculation. I'd like to know if there is any evidence for this.
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              Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by SandyG on Wednesday, 06 November 2019
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              There is as much evidence to support this interpretation as there is to support the idea that all of the stone rows on Exmoor are prehistoric or indeed whether most standing stones were erected in prehistoric times. I think it would be possible to add your comment to most of the pages on the Portal. This is the reason that I do not accept any of the British rows as definite - the best that is possible is plausible. The evidence to support the idea that the Nine Maidens row once extended further to the north is based on the observation that there are many other examples where long rows are built to provide a visual reveal at their upper end. This is particularly the case in Cornwall where most of the rows have this characteristic. Whilst this evidence is circumstantial much of our understanding of British archaeology is built upon this type of evidence and to dismiss it as unfounded and speculative would seem a little harsh.
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              Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 06 November 2019
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              Thanks Martin, I missed your earlier comment. I think it's sorted out now, well I think it is ! as per the comment from Anne T. We shall see.
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Nine Maidens Stone Row, Near Wadebridge by lucasn on Monday, 04 November 2019
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Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by SandyG on Saturday, 04 April 2015
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Historic England are supporting the building of a wind farm at the Nine Maidens. The turbines will be very close to the stone alignment and stand 110m high. According to the Cornish Guardian Historic England have said that the wind farm "would make this enigmatic monument once more easily accessible and in a setting that would allow a better appreciation of the monument".
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Re: Nine Maidens Stone Row by TheCaptain on Sunday, 22 July 2012
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just a glimpse of these on streetview through the gate

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