The Hurlers Stone Circles

A unique group of three Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age stone circles near Minions on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. This close grouping of three regular circles is unparalleled in England. The central circle (41.8 m diameter) is the best preserved with 14 stones, the northern circle (34.7 m) has 15 stones, and the southern circle (32.9 m) retains nine. Excavations in the 1930s revealed that all stones had been deliberately hammered smooth, with chippings deposited nearby. A granite paving strip once connected the northern and central circles. Legend holds the stones are men petrified for playing hurling on a Sunday.