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The Nine Maidens

Stone Row / Alignment

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Nine Maidens stone row, St. Columb Major.

The finest stone row in Cornwall.

SW 93636754 - 93696763

In 1605 Richard Carew said:-
Wade bridge deliuereth you into waste ground, where 9 long and great stones called The sisters stand in a ranke together, and seem to have been so pitched, for continuing the memory of somewhat, whose notice is yet enuied vs by time.

Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall 1605
Posted by phil
27th October 2001ce
Edited 24th March 2013ce

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