The
Pipers
Standing Stones
SW 435 248 and SW 435 247
Just over 400m to the NE are The Pipers, a pair of standing stones, These
stones are not visible from the circle. The NE stone is the highest
surviving stone in Cornwall at just over 5 metres (16.5 ft) but it is
leaning. This is one of the pipers that played so that the merry maidens
could dance.
The northeast stone
The SW stone is 4.1 metres (13.5 ft) high and the second tallest Cornish standing stone. Both these are on private land but the campsite owners let us visit them.
The southwest stone
Other nearby stones
Gun
Rith
Standing Stone
SW 429 244
This stone stands in a field boundary hedge on a footpath 350m west of the Merry Maidens reached from near the Tregriffian Burial Chamber further along the road. It is about 600mm (2 ft) square and 3 metres (10 ft) high.
The Holed Stone
Just over the road from the circle by the first laybys is a holed stone in the gateway to a field
Easter
2002
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