The Hurlers on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor is a rare triple stone circle. The stones aren't particularly tall, making them hard to spot from a distance. The three aligned circles date to the early Bronze Age, around 1500 BC.
The Hurlers is a triple stone circle complex on Bodmin Moor
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Key facts
- Triple stone circle located on the edge of Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
- Adjacent natural rock formation called the Cheese Ring overlooks the site
- Stones are large but not particularly impressive individually, suggesting possible mundane usage of stone circles
- The triple-ring design is unusual among English stone circles
Sources
The Hurlers Stone Circles and The Pipers Standing Stonesstone-circles.org.uk
The site known as the Hurlers is the actually the collective name for a group of three stone circles and a pair of nearby standing stones located towards ...
Stone circles on Bodmin Moor - The Hurlers (3 stone ... - Tripadvisortripadvisor.co.uk
The Hurlers are three stone circles on Bodmin Moor, very close to the village of Minions. They aren't particularly tall, so they aren't visible from a distance
The Hurler Stone Circles - Cornwall Heritage Trustcornwallheritagetrust.org
This line of three early Bronze Age stone circles is one of the best examples of ceremonial standing stones in the south-west and is associated with many.
The Hurlers - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
is a group of three stone circles. The site is half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor,
The Hurlers | 360 Cornwall360cornwall.uk
The Hurlers are a group of three Bronze Age stone circles located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. The circles date back to around 1500 BC
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