The Pipers and the Fiddler (be he the blind or sighted one) realising the time were similarly stricken as they fled the scene of such un-Christian goings-on. Whichever it is, the legend attached to the stones is the same - the MaidensĪre a group of girls turned to stone for dancing past midnight on a Saturday and on into the Sabbath, while While others mention The Blind Fiddler, at least 2 miles to the north. Some sources quote The Fiddler, also known as Gûn Rith, just to the west of the circle at grid reference NG 429245, A line drawn through these outliers would pass close to or even through the northern sector of the Merry Maidens and it is tempting to speculate that they may have formed route markers to the circle perhaps leading up from the valley floor somewhere below Boleigh Farm.Īre also two other stones associated with this site, and herein lies someĬonfusion. Massive monoliths known as The Pipers of Boleigh stand out of sight in a field to the northeast. Within the circle itself, the Merry Maidens have theirs outside of the circle - a pair of The northwest, however while Boscawen-un has an associated standing stone The circle is very similar in size and design to the more secluded Boscawen-un circle 2 miles (3.4 km) to The stones vary in height from about 0.9 metres to 1.4 metres and are graded so that the tallest of the original stones stand towards the southwest, the builders of the circle also took care to level the tops of the stones and oriented them so their smoother sides faced into the circle. The picture postcard ring of stones consists of nineteen granite blocks set in an almost perfect circle of just under 24 metre diameter with a gap to the east marking an apparent entrance. Although the circle is located less than a mile to the north of the cliffs at Boscawen Point and Tater Du the sea is not visible from the site, instead the stones sit on a gently north-western facing slope above a shallow valley whose streams meander the short distance to the sea at Lamorna Cove. The Merry Maidens are probably the most well known, most accessible and most visited of the stoneĬornwall.
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