Nine Maidens - Stone Row
Nine Maidens - Stone Row

An early Bronze Age Stone Row known as the Nine Maidens.
In folk law , The Nine Maidens and the nearby remains of 'The Fiddler' - Menhir ,
were nine girls and their musician turned to stone for the unforgivable sin of dancing on a Sabbath day.
106m long with 9 stones of local grey slate. The northern stone is recumbent and broken , 6 stones are standing
ranging from 1m to 2.1m high , 1 stone - 1.7m high is leaning - nearly down , another is just a stump 0.8m high .
A gorse bush (with a roque stone nearby) has grown to interfere with the view of the alignment.
----------------------------------
Top pic - 5 of the southern stones.
Bottom Pic - the northern stone in the top pic plus the other 4 stones around the Gorse bush.
----------------------------------
Location - Mid Cornwall - To the east of the A39 ( south of Wadebridge , north of the birds of prey centre ) ,
a FP leads to the monument (the ground is often very boggy) . There is a layby 100m to the north.

Ref: 3032 - 36

Date: 17/03/2016

Location: SW 9363 6754

Nine Maidens - Stone Row

An early Bronze Age Stone Row known as the Nine Maidens.
In folk law , The Nine Maidens and the nearby remains of 'The Fiddler' - Menhir ,
were nine girls and their musician turned to stone for the unforgivable sin of dancing on a Sabbath day.
106m long with 9 stones of local grey slate. The northern stone is recumbent and broken , 6 stones are standing
ranging from 1m to 2.1m high , 1 stone - 1.7m high is leaning - nearly down , another is just a stump 0.8m high .
A gorse bush (with a roque stone nearby) has grown to interfere with the view of the alignment.
----------------------------------
Top pic - 5 of the southern stones.
Bottom Pic - the northern stone in the top pic plus the other 4 stones around the Gorse bush.
----------------------------------
Location - Mid Cornwall - To the east of the A39 ( south of Wadebridge , north of the birds of prey centre ) ,
a FP leads to the monument (the ground is often very boggy) . There is a layby 100m to the north.

Ref: 3032 - 36

Date: 17/03/2016

Location: SW 9363 6754