Cornwalls Ancient Monuments - Merry Maidens

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Cornwalls Ancient Monuments - Merry Maidens - OK0152

Eigenaar: Ky Devas

Hoogte: 102 meter NAP

Provincie: Verenigd Koninkrijk > Cornwall and Isles of Scilly

Cache soort: Virtuele Cache

Grootte: Geen behuizing

Status: Kan gezocht worden

Geplaatst op: 12-04-2010

Gemaakt op: 12-04-2010

Gepubliceerd op: 12-04-2010

Laatste verandering: 02-07-2010

8x Gevonden

0x Niet gevonden

0 Opmerkingen

1 Volgers

11 x Bekeken

4 x Gewaardeerd

Beoordeeld als: uitstekend

1 x Aanbevolen

Deze cache is aanbevolen door: dixie_gooner

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Cache attributen

Parking nearby Public transportation Listed on Opencaching only All seasons

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Beschrijving EN

As this is the site of an ancient monument there is no physical cache here. Instead you need to e-mail me a photo of your GPS with the Merry Maidens, or upload a photo with your log, in order to log your find.

The Merry Maidens stone circle lies adjacent to the B3315 Newlyn to Treen road. Parking and access is in a lay-by at

N50 03.894 W005 35.411.

The Merry Maidens is said to date from the Bronze age and 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. The stones are approximately 3-4 ft high and the circle is about 70 ft in diameter.

A popular Cornish name for the stone circle is ‘Dans Maen’ which means ‘dancing stones’. Folklore tells of maidens on their way to church being distracted by pipers music and wandering into a field where they began dancing. A thunderbolt struck them and they were turned to stone for dancing on the Sabbath. The two musicians were also turned to stone. The Pipers are said to be the largest standing stones in Penwith, the tallest being 16 feet. They are within a couple of hundred feet of each other in nearby fields.

www.historic-cornwall.org.uk

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