Carreau de pierre de Boleigh et porte en bois barrée de 5 donnant accès au champ contenant Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Boleigh, Cornwall, Angleterre.

• Contributeur: Jean Williamson / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2HHFPG1
• Taille du fichier: 29,1 MB (1,9 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3780 x 2690 px | 32 x 22,8 cm | 12,6 x 9 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 24 avril 2002
• Lieu: The Merry Maidens Stone Circle, Boleigh, West Penwith, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Informations supplémentaires

Looking South South East uphill along footpath that passes through the Merry Maidens stone circle. St Buryan parish, Near Lamorna, Penzance, Cornwall. A traditional granite stone stile. Date unknown. It might deter sedate cattle from escaping, but not the more agile sheep. The stone circle was restored 1860s: 19 stones on perimeter of a perfect circle 78ft/23.8m diam. Stones are circa 4ft/1.2m high & evenly spaced at 12ft/3.7m apart except for a 20ft/6.1m gap at E which may be a cardinal point entrance (Burl). The name derives from the local belief of girls turned to stone for dancing on the Sabbath. 2 tall standing stones nearby, called the Pipers, are explained as their petrified musicians.It may have been one of a pair of circles as a 2nd circle, destroyed in C19th, is thought to have been situated west South West of the Merry Maidens. A public footpath runs through the circle.

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