HistoryHidden gem
The Merry Maidens
St Buryan, South West England
A near-perfect Bronze Age stone circle in a field beside the road.
- Cost
- Free
- Time to allow
- 20 min
The Merry Maidens is a ring of nineteen granite stones, said in legend to be girls turned to stone for dancing on the Sabbath. You can walk through the field gate to stand among them. It is right beside the road, which makes it an easy stop.
Good to know
- Roadside parking is limited, pull in carefully
- Combine with Boscawen-un and Carn Euny
- Best time
- Early morning or evening
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Roadside lay-by
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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