2017

SW4324 : The Merry Maidens, near Boleigh

taken 7 years ago, near to Lamorna, Cornwall, England

The Merry Maidens, near Boleigh
The Merry Maidens, near Boleigh
A Bronze Age stone circle. There are many stories surrounding the site but one is that the maidens were being rather too merry in the field when they should have been in church and so they were turned to stone. Quite right too.

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Geographical Context: Coastal Historic sites and artefacts
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Merry Maidens Stone Circle [19] · Near the Merry Maidens [6] · Field [5] · Near Boleigh [5] · Bronze Age [3] ·
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SW4324, 56 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
pam fray   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 15 June, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 4326 2449 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:3.8989N 5:35.3331W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SW 4325 2451
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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